REGINA – Regina Police is warning residents and businesses to keep their eyes open for another type of credit card fraud.
Police say they have seen a significant rise in suspects who attempt to use a non-working credit card.
When a suspect does try to use a non-working card, a pin pad will indicate a chip malfunction. An employee will usually try to swipe the credit card and it will fail again.
The suspect will then ask the employee to manually enter the card number by giving the employee the number verbally. The suspect may also enter the number into a pin pad after being prompted by an employee.
The number the suspect uses is a credit card number they memorize before they go into a business, not for the card they have with them.
These manually-entered numbers will work for the transaction, but are eventually charged back to the business when its confirmed to be a fraudulent credit card number. Police recommend employees do not enter a credit card number manually, but rather use chip or card swipe feature.
To report a scam, contact the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-88-495-8501. Anyone who has been a victim of a scam can go to the Regina Police Service’s front desk to fill out a report. More information on scams is available at reginapolice.ca/recognize-a-scam/.
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