Card Skimming in Galway City Supermarket

It's something I wondered about. If your card is skimmed can you get the money back fronm your bank?

I got a friendly phone call from BoI last night telling me my card was one of the cards effected. So card has been cancelled. Only thing they would not say was where the device was. This is something I find out of order. If a shop was bloody stupid enough to let random people "service" their POS card readers I dont want to ever go there again and if I do it will be cash.

The headlines can say it was only 5 stores but not what stores they where ><

Thing is there are reports are saying the devices where in the north and east and they where tampered with last Thursday. I have not used my laser to pay for anything in Dublin in about 3 weeks. I think this is much bigger than the reports are letting on... Galway would be about 2 weeks ago. Taking out cash yes but unless they also hit ATM's I'm stumped.

my card had to be cancelled and reissued, i'm almost certain it was from the joyces atm

My credit card was done, I usually use my laser, but occasionally have used the cc.
I am a frequent shopper at a certain Knocknacarra store, and thats where I suspected it - lots of floor staff, visible lack of management any time I have visited.
Anyway, got told by BoI that there was €250 withdrawn from an ATM on Wed morning in Milan, same again tried on Thurs morning, which they stopped.

Strange thing was, how is 2 withdrawals of €250 from an ATM flaggable as suspicious, I could easily have been on holiday.
It smacks of them knowing it, yet not doing anything about it.
At least its covered on the credit card I suppose.

Another weird thing was, the initial contact I had was a txt from a UK number saying this is BoI Security, please contact us on 00353 1.....
That was at 7.20 am, so I was half asleep - rang the number, then thought hold on, this is a fraud, so had to wait until after 8am to speak to a BoI official on their supposed 24-hr phoneline.
They put me through to credit card services who told me the story above.

To end a very weird morning, the guy asked me to cut the card in two and post it to BoI in Dublin.
Now there is no way I'm doing that. Its gonna be shredded.

JohnCleary wrote: »

Would you have been covered if you had of used your Laser card?

Yep.

baldbear wrote: »

It would be handy if everytime you made a withdrawel an instant text message was sent to your mobile phone and if there was anything suspicious you would know straight away!! That idea has to have been floated around to the banks but they are probably to stingy to invest in it. Cowboys, there all cowboys ted.;)

That's actualyl a really good idea, but do you think the banks would actually invest in that? ... no a hope. either that or charge us lots for it ie. 10c every time we use our card :eek:

I heard last night that there are thousands of affected customers in Galway, not just Joyces, but a couple of Dunnes outlets were hit too, and that the figure involved will easily be in six figures.

What really concerns me is the fact that IPSO are saying it isn't connected to what went on in the east of the country over the last few days. Are we to believe its just a bizarre coincidence?

http://www.galwaynews.ie/4694-hundreds-hit-skimming-scam