Card information stolen
04-21-2011, 02:51 AM
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To protect your card from being stolen by a walker machine at Paducah or any where else; make your self a card carrier of any type BUT USE batting that is used for potholders or ironing board covers. This seems to have enough metal to distort the capture. If you don't have time to make anything, just put a layer of foil inside your wallet around the cards. I hope this helps.
04-21-2011, 03:00 AM
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Originally Posted by charlie 1940
To protect your card from being stolen by a walker machine at Paducah or any where else; make your self a card carrier of any type BUT USE batting that is used for potholders or ironing board covers. This seems to have enough metal to distort the capture. If you don't have time to make anything, just put a layer of foil inside your wallet around the cards. I hope this helps.
04-21-2011, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by dakotamaid
This apparatus would have to lay on your card for an extended period of time to pick up your info. There was a post sometime last fall on this.
"By getting within two or three feet of a purse or wallet, thieves can use a credit card reading device to steal personal bank information. It’s a device that any thief can buy on the Internet."
http://articles.ky3.com/2011-01-03/credit-card_26357721
04-21-2011, 04:06 AM
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Originally Posted by justwannaquilt
Originally Posted by dakotamaid
This apparatus would have to lay on your card for an extended period of time to pick up your info. There was a post sometime last fall on this.
"By getting within two or three feet of a purse or wallet, thieves can use a credit card reading device to steal personal bank information. It’s a device that any thief can buy on the Internet."
http://articles.ky3.com/2011-01-03/credit-card_26357721
04-21-2011, 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted by dakotamaid
Originally Posted by justwannaquilt
Originally Posted by dakotamaid
This apparatus would have to lay on your card for an extended period of time to pick up your info. There was a post sometime last fall on this.
"By getting within two or three feet of a purse or wallet, thieves can use a credit card reading device to steal personal bank information. It’s a device that any thief can buy on the Internet."
http://articles.ky3.com/2011-01-03/credit-card_26357721
04-21-2011, 04:24 AM
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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
A piece of tinfoil in your wallet will accomplish the same thing, quicker.
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