POS terminal PIN-based Scam is Getting Popular Again
Usually, applied in small value purchases.
POS terminal PIN-based Scam is Getting Popular Again
In: Credit Card, Fraud, POS, Payments, PINUsually, applied in small value purchases (>100$) with POS Credit Card payments is raising on popularity.
A Brief Concept:
- You decide to pay for a dinner with your card, usually at cheap restaurant, airport or tourist location.
- Waiter skips the step of entering the amount, and proceed to ask you to enter your pin.
- You enter your pin, which is very likely to be more then an order by a probability (unless it starts with 00) and push the green button.
- After a small waiting, he prompts you to try again because of failed transaction.
- You enter your PIN once again, actually confirming your transaction for the amount equal to your PIN.
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