From: "Tumbleweed" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance uk.legal
Subject: Re: Credit Cards/Chip and Pin/ATM withdrawls
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:10:06 -0000


"Alex"  wrote in message 
news:xn0eb85d9do6tm00a@news.individual.net...
> At 21:31:39 on 20/12/2005, Tumbleweed delighted uk.finance by announcing:
>
>>
>> "Alex"  wrote in message
>> news:xn0eb8308ak4m9004@news.individual.net...
>> > At 09:19:35 on 20/12/2005, Tumbleweed delighted uk.finance by 
>> > announcing:
>> >
>> > >
>> >>"nospam"  wrote in message
>> > > news:62ieq1db5j41qs675vtl3ko5hagsseaj8o@4ax.com...  >"Alex"
>> >> wrote:
>> > > >
>> >>> > > unfortunately, the new style C&P cards also have an 'old style'
>> >>> > > magstripe.....  ..so the fraud can, (and has) happen, with a C&P 
>> >>> > >  > >
>> > card >>> > > whose magstripe  has been cloned.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Until they finish upgrading the ATMs, yes.
>> > > >
>> >>> All over the world.
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Plus those new ATMs stop accepting magstripes.
>> >
>> > Since when?
>>
>> change that to "*when* those new ATMs stop accepting magstripes..."
>
> And thereby denying cash withdrawals to all those merkin tourists?

hence 'breath holding not advised'.

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Tumbleweed

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