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Friday, April 16, 2010
Beware Of Credit Card Fraud........
Credit Card Fraud :
Always keep your CREDIT CARD in sight, when you give it for swiping…….. The next time you decide to use your credit card on a shopping trip, think again.
The Mumbai police have busted a hitech credit card fraud which they believe is the crime of the future. Four gadget-savvy youngsters from Andheri, two of them software engineers, got together to earn a quick buck and ended up ripping off over Rs 3 lakh of citizens’ money.
The foursome were arrested by the Juhu police on Tuesday. Interestingly, one of the boys was all set to leave for the United State s for a job in a well placed computer firm ..
According to the police, the mastermind of the gang is 19-year-old Leo Paul . A second-year engineering student at a Bandra college, Paul had read about a magnetic card-reading device which could store data once you swipe a card through it. Data from at least 12 such cards could be stored at a time. Paul realised that if credit cards were swiped though the machine, the personal data of a customer stored on it could be accessed.
He then teamed with Akash Kamble , a 19-year-old Lokhandwala resident, and ordered the card-reader from USA , using the Internet, since it’s not available in India ..
‘The boys befriended a waiter at Kings International hotel at Juhu to take their plan ahead. Every time someone ate a meal in the hotel and paid by credit card, the waiter would discreetly swipe it through the magnetic card-reader, which is no more than 6-inches long and can be stored in the pocket,” said investigating officer Ramesh Nangare.
Once the waiter was done, he would hand over the device to Paul who would download the data from the cards on to Kamble’s personal computer. The duo would then feed the data into blank cards, available in the gray market.
The cards were now ready to be used in Shopping malls and theatres, or to withdraw money from an ATM. Senior inspector Pradeep S hinde said that the boys forged information from more than 22 cards in this manner.
The fraud came to light after officials from HSBC bank complained to the police. The cops quizzed customers whose cards had been duplicated and discovered they had all visited Hotel Kings International and paid by credit card.
Investigators then caught the waiter who led them to the four youngsters. Paul , Kamble and the two other collegians identified as Manoj Chauhan (24) and Mahesh Valani (20), have been remanded to police custody.
NEW-AGE CRIME A portable magnetic card reader can store data from around a dozen cards tha t have been swiped through it; made in China, the device was bought on the net for Rs 18,000.
The card-reader is connected to a computer and the entire data is transferred there. The data is then stored in blank cards available in the grey market.. These duplicate cards can now be used to buy a fortune and also withdraw money from ATMs.
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LPG Cylinders Expiry Date ?
LPG cylinders Expiry Date ?
Do you know that there is an expiry date (physical life) for LPG cylinders?
Most of us do not know this.
Expired Cylinders are not safe for use and may cause accidents.
In this regard please be cautious at the time of accepting any LPG cylinder from the vendor.
Here is how we can check the expiry of LPG cylinders:
On one of three side stems of the cylinder,
the expiry date is coded alpha numerically as follows
A or B or C or D and some two digit number following this e.g. D06.
The alphabets stand for quarters -
A for March (First Qtr),
B for June (Second Qtr),
C for Sept (Third Qtr), &
D for December (Fourth Qtr).
The digits stand for the year till it is valid. Hence D06 would mean Fourth Qtr (December) of 2006.
Share this message with everyone you know,
Your kind cooperation will save life of many people and create awareness among the public.
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