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LYC - my debit card was hacked - someone in New York with drew funds from an ATM - TWICE! apparently it was cloned

Posted by Epiphany (aka Epiphany) Oct 19 '11, 09:36

god this shit sucks. this is the 2nd time in 2 1/2 years. Am I really going to have to go to an all cash system?

10 business days to get my $ 800 bucks back

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this blows. -- nm - Diva Oct 19, 10:00
That is why I stopped carrying one. Mine wasn't cloned, but the account was hacked at an online site. - GregW Oct 19, 09:58 3
- you might be the person to ask this then - if you only use a credit card - how do you keep up with that? daily? weekly? just monthly? - Epiphany Oct 19, 10:02 2
  - Yeah, I just pay it off by the due date. I can check it online whenever I want, so I just make sure I have enough cash on hand to pay the bill. -- nm - GregW Oct 19, 10:09 1
    - Also, I keep track of the cycle date. Mine is the 24th, so if I want to buy something that I don't have the cash for just yet, I wait until after the - GregW Oct 19, 10:11
We had a rash of it round here with people installing skimmers at gas stations. - MojaveMeg Oct 19, 09:58
that sucks. -- nm - Remlik Oct 19, 09:57
Ouch sorry -- nm - amoxy Oct 19, 09:51
Ugh...sorry to hear this, Pippy -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 09:45
Here are a couple things to watch for at ATMs and other card readers. - TWuG Oct 19, 09:43 1
- geesh that is scary -- nm - Epiphany Oct 19, 09:46
That really sucks. So sorry. -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 09:42
so sorry. I've pretty much stopped using anything but the ATM at my bank for fear of being cloned. -- nm - decline Oct 19, 09:38 1
- yeah - what I did today was - reduce the available limit at ATMs to $ 100. I'm also not letting my card out of my hands - Epiphany Oct 19, 09:43
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