NEWSGARAGES URGED TO BE WARY AMID FRESH WAVE OF ‘CARD NOT PRESENT’TYRE SCAMSScammers are continuing totarget independent garagesusing a ‘card not present’method in which parts, oftentyres, are purchased over thephone using stolen credit carddetails, the Independent GarageAssociation (IGA) has said.The IGA has received multiplenew reports from members acrossthe country.An IGA spokesperson said: “Thisis a very common scam whichhappens nationwide on bothcredit and debit cards, and theRMI Legal team advised that theyare continuing to receive queriesregarding businesses losses dueto tyres purchased with stolencredit card details.“In previous attempts at defraudinggarages, goods such as vehicleshave been collected within 24hours of the fraudulent purchase.obtain the card number, cardexpiry date, card security code,cardholders full name, addressand phone number.“Further purchases are alsoattempted before the creditcard company charges back theoutstanding balance, leaving thetrader with no goods/vehicles andno payment.In addition, the delivery addressand name of the person receivingthe goods should be noted, alongwith the gross transaction amount.“A new development in a recentinstance is that the card detailsused to conduct the purchasehave been stolen from anothergarage business, who sharedthem via an online transaction topurchase parts.”Garages are urged to remainvigilant when conducting cardtransactions in person, online andvia phone.Where transactions over thephone are necessary, Barclaysbank recommends businessesCommenting on Garage Wirerecently, reader Brian Waite said:“They got my garage about fiveyears ago, some guy in Londonbought some electrical goods andpaid by card.“A local courier to me picked upthe stuff to deliver to London,before the driver got there he gota call to say the shop was closingand could he deliver to a block offlats.“As he arrived at the flats a guycame out and signed for them andthen put it in his car and droveaway.“The driver thought it was odd sohe took the reg number.“I got stung for £1700 and thecourier got stung for the delivery.“We called the police with the regnumber but the guy said lots ofpeople use the car and it wasn’thim, so no action taken.“I lost my goods and then got thecharge back from the credit cardcompany for the goods.“Don’t allow card purchases nowunless the person is on site withthe pin number for their card.”The IGA recommends garages donot proceed with any transactionsthat seem suspicious, either inperson, online or via telephone.IGAmemberscanreportsuspicious activity to the IGAhelpline on 01788 538 399.Source: Garage Wire21
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