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U of Wisconsin Madison Credit Union customers victimized
From: Al Mac <macwheel99 () sigecom net>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:41:57 -0500
Here is a post from a family member of a victim to another discussion list, with clarification of what might be going on. Initially the victim wondered if the bank had suffered a data loss, and just not yet reported it. I am not yet seeing anything in the news to substantiate this theory. Someone appeared to have used an ATM in California to transfer her money July 24, then withdraw it, cleaning out the account, at about the same time that she was in Illinois, making legitimate purchases. Customer Service http://www.uwcu.org/ has been unable to explain what is going on, or why they closed the account. I have not yet seen if the bank returned to her the ATM card that got stuck in the machine, or acknowledges that they have it ... that would explain whether it was confiscated by a bank, or was taken by ATM scammer. I think that if banks were to make an entry in people's accounts when they confiscated cards, that might make it easier for people to figure out the difference. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VeeWire/message/5617 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VeeWire/message/5618 She is not the only victim of crimes involving this same institution. Someone is making suspicious phone calls impersonating being a representative of the Credit Union. http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/2986774.shtml The US Gov has regulations for banks verifying the identity of on-line users, which some banks have trouble complying with. The Credit Union claims they have good security there. http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1445341393;fp;4;fpid;1398720840 https://secure.uwcu.org/onlinesecurity/SafeGuards.asp Perhaps she is victim of an ATM scam. However, it does not sound like the fraudulent activity occurred in the same place as the ATM card got swiped. I have stated before that I only use ATM machines that are associated with banks, not any that may be fakes. This is also a good reason to have a reasonable limit on how much can be taken out of an account in any given day. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/21/eveningnews/main541555.shtml http://www.utexas.edu/police/alerts/atm_scam/ http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/atmtheft.htm http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/atmcamera.asp UW campus is in the process of changing to ATMs from a different bank. http://www.uwmpost.com/article/c58b6a040cb18c88010cc7b1098b000b _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss/
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