{"id":19319,"date":"2016-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/uk-scammer-caught-using-pos-device-to-rip-off-contactless-credit-cards\/"},"modified":"2016-02-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T00:00:00","slug":"uk-scammer-caught-using-pos-device-to-rip-off-contactless-credit-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/uk-scammer-caught-using-pos-device-to-rip-off-contactless-credit-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"UK scammer caught using a POS device to rip-off contactless credit cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A man in the UK has posted a warning on Facebook &#8211; which is now going viral &#8211; after he spotted a scammer ripping money off people\u2019s credit cards without them even realising.<\/h3>\n<p>The scammer was seen on public transport carrying around a Point of Sale device \u2013 the machine used to swipe your card when you make a purchase at a shop.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the popularity of contactless cards, the man was able to use the device to charge peoples\u2019 cards through their wallets without them even realising.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UK scammer caught using a POS device to rip-off contactless credit cards | FIVEAA\" title=\"UK scammer caught using a POS device to rip-off contactless credit cards | FIVEAA\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cc-scam-pos.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Image | Facebook via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/2016\/02\/17\/if-you-have-a-contactless-card-watch-out-for-this-scam\/?sf21059658=1\" target=\"_blank\">The Telegraph<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3>Paul Jarvis took a photo of the conman in action and posted it with a warning on Facebook.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAll he has to do is key in a price less than \u00a330 and then touch the device on the pocket that contains your wallet,\u201d Mr Jarvis wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChing! You&#8217;ve just been charged automatically on your touch pay enabled credit\/debit card&#8230;. We just tried this in my local pub with their POS device and it worked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(I&#8217;ve actually shown people this using the NFC function on my mobile to read their card data through their wallet to freak them out but this is the first time I&#8217;ve seen someone doing it for real). Time to invest in a screened wallet I guess&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UK scammer caught using a POS device to rip-off contactless credit cards | FIVEAA\" title=\"UK scammer caught using a POS device to rip-off contactless credit cards | FIVEAA\" height=\"992\" width=\"565\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cc_scam.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Image | Facebook via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/2016\/02\/17\/if-you-have-a-contactless-card-watch-out-for-this-scam\/?sf21059658=1\" target=\"_blank\">The Telegraph<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>The popularity of contactless credit cards has skyrocketed in the last few years thanks to their convenience when it comes to&nbsp;minor purchases.<\/p>\n<p>But unfortunately, now there\u2019s another potential rip-off to watch out for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/power-coach-ken-hinkley-slams-offensive-and-disrespectful-reports-of-meddling\">KEN HINKLEY HITS BACK AT \u201cOFFENSIVE\u201d REPORTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/caroline-wozniacki-appears-naked-in-sports-illustrated-bodypaint-photos\">TENNIS STAR GOES TOTALLY NAKED FOR SWIMSUIT PHOTO SHOOT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man in the UK has posted a warning on Facebook &#8211; which is now going viral &#8211; after he spotted a scammer ripping money off people\u2019s credit cards without them even realising. The scammer was seen on public transport carrying around a Point of Sale device \u2013 the machine used to swipe your card [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-19319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UK scammer caught using a POS device to rip-off contactless credit cards - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/uk-scammer-caught-using-pos-device-to-rip-off-contactless-credit-cards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK scammer caught using a POS device to rip-off contactless credit cards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A man in the UK has posted a warning on Facebook &#8211; which is now going viral &#8211; after he spotted a scammer ripping money off people\u2019s credit cards without them even realising. 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