In Reply to: Credit Card Fraud - The New theory posted by Handyman on Thursday, 20. October 2005 at 16:37 Bali Time:
I've had my card "compromised" twice this year.
Second time, very careful, no Bali ATMs', a brand new card, it was only used (in Bali) at our establishment by our staff and at our BII bank by a well known staff senior for a cash advance.
It was though, used at a few places in Perth, one of them being a Duty Free at Perth Airport.
It's apparently a regular occurance to have cards scanned/skimmed or whatever in Australia etc. and not wanting to cast aspersions, but....
so it's not just Bali where the probs occur..
On my last trip back to Oz, I was browsing some business mag (only one available) and noticed an article on Credit Card and Identity fraud.
It's scary. a multi $$ billion business..
I now no longer have a credit card, decided it's not worth the risk