Scammed

[marval]

That is one good thing about paying here in the UK, your card is always in your view.


Margaret

[JHC]

Here in the US, the accepted practice is the waitperson will take your card to some other point in the restaurant .

Waitperson? Waitperson??? Are you just being PC or are you no longer allowed to call them Waiter or Waitress, Lars I am surprised at you, tut tut

[rojo]

One of the things I liked the most about credit card transactions while on holiday in England and Denmark, is that the waitperson bring a portable credit card machine right to your table, so your card is always visible throughout the transaction.

Here in the US, the accepted practice is the waitperson will take your card to some other point in the restaurant to handle the transaction. I, personally would like to see the US adopt the practices we saw in England and other European countries.

Here in Canada, the credit card would be taken to the cash until about 3-4 years ago, when we switched to the portable credit card machines instead.

I'm sure you Americans will catch up soon.

[Krummhorn]

Waitperson? Waitperson??? Are you just being PC or are you no longer allowed to call them Waiter or Waitress, Lars I am surprised at you, tut tut

Well, Colin ... , the way some people dress these days, it's hard to tell

[JHC]

Well, Colin ... , the way some people dress these days, it's hard to tell

Yeh, I think I will become a Lesbian whooops

[Krummhorn]

@ Colin

[teddy]

[QUOTE=Dorsetmike;117099]I wish you'd check some of these "scams" before posting Teddy,

Just caught up with this post Mike. All the scams I have posted have either been tried on my or someone I know. Likewise this one was tried on my youngest daughter at a garage/mini supermarket. It was manned by two foreigh gentlemen, the cashier being permanently on a mobile and talking a foriegn language. When my daughter queried the transaction he pretended he did not understand her. Being my daughter she stood her ground and refused to let anyone else pay untill she got satisfaction. Can't think where she gets her temperament from. Possibly they had read about this scam and thought they would try it or maybe it is more widely used than you think. In this country at all the tills I have come acress the cashier has to initiate the cashback deal, not the customer. As far as cash back on credit cards, I do not know, but you can certainly draw cash on a credit card at a bank or cashpoint. That I do know for a fact. You should know me better Mike.
teddy

[Dorsetmike]

Yes you can draw cash at ATMs and banks on a credit card, but not cash back in supermarkets except comparatively recently for a few platinum cards (by Barclaycard IIRC). (In UK anyway, don't know about other countries)

There was a spate of skimming at about 200 petrol stations a while back, but that involved copying card data and transfering it to false cards used overseas or on line.

Most of the email scares come to us from someone we know, who got it from someone they know, but somewhere back along the line it will have originated from some sicko. It's always best to check Snopes or other similar sites to confirm the details before passing it on.

Also stories tend to grow with being repeated, the email warning of the postal delivery scam started a few years ago quoting £15 for a phone call, it's now circulating with £315 being quoted.

[teddy]

[QUOTE=Dorsetmike;117183]

Most of the email scares come to us from someone we know,

Any scams I post I either have PERSONAL experience or it has been tried on some one I know WELL. I is quite possiible that some scams come about by being read about, and THEN practiced. Urban myth becomes fact, rather than vice versa. In the sixty plus years I have been around and the places and people I have experienced Nothing much suprises me any more. I am aware of distraction techniques whenever I am in crowds or abroad. I bet Steve has a few tales after his experience in the police in America.

teddy

[teddy]

Congratulate me. I am a millionaire.

According to my inbox two different solicitors in Zurich want to help me claim $15,000,000. Yes it must be true. And on top of that Coco Cola have awarded me half a million dollars for winning a competition. Whats it like to be friends with a multi millionaire? If it turns out to be a slow week I will play along with them. I wonder how long it will be be for someone asks for my bank details?

teddy

[JHC]

teddy, send them a false acc # that should be enough bait for a few days

[marval]

All the money I have won either comes from Nigeria or a bank in Hong Kong. Funnily enough I decided it was safer to ignore them.


Margaret

[Dorsetmike]

Has anybody tried opening an account, going overdrawn on it then give them that account number?

[marval]

No I haven't Mike, sounds like a plan.


Margaret