Local: Credit Card Scam Costs East Bay Grocery Customers
Alameda County investigators say high-tech thieves may have scammed at least $100,000 from the bank accounts of shoppers at an East Bay grocery chain.More here.
According to authorities, thieves put a credit card skimmer in one of the checkout lines at an Albertsons on Hesparian Boulevard in San Lorenzo. This device enabled the crooks to collect account information including PIN numbers from countless shoppers. The suspects are believed to have started withdrawing money from accounts this week.
Since Monday, Alameda County Sheriff's detectives received 70 reports of bank fraud, twice the usual number of complaints.
posted by Fergie @ 4/13/2007 01:59:00 PM
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