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	<title>Thiefhunters in Paradise &#187; Credit card fraud</title>
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		<title>Database data loss</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2011/04/database-data-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People often share their credit card anxiety with me. They&#8217;re afraid their cards will be lost or stolen and huge bills will be run up by a thief, and that their identities will be cloned. &#8220;Is it better to just &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2011/04/database-data-loss/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Credit card shimming</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/09/credit-card-shimming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit card fraud]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1719</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;First there was skimming, now there&#8217;s shimming,&#8221; says Kim Thomas, former Las Vegas Metro Detective, now an international authority on forgery. Information on this new credit card acquisition technique comes via a Citibank investigator. Now, looking for parts stuck onto &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/09/credit-card-shimming/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shoulder-surfing credit-card thief—part 2</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/06/shoulder-surfing-thief-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob had just made contact with the shoulder-surfing thief… Pirouetting, I went to find Kun Chang, our film director, who&#8217;d been with us all day, along with his crew. When we&#8217;d given chase to our quarry, they&#8217;d followed our progress &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/06/shoulder-surfing-thief-part-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shoulder-surfing credit-card thief</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/06/shoulder-surfing-thief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit card fraud]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We started early at Gare de Lyon in Paris, on the hunt for a particular thief. He&#8217;s known for a specific M.O., and for his violent nature. He stands in line at train station ticket machines and watches as passengers &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/06/shoulder-surfing-thief/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gas pump skimmers attached in 11 seconds</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/03/gas-pump-skimmers/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/03/gas-pump-skimmers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit card fraud]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Breaking news from Las Vegas Metro&#8217;s Kim Thomas, the fraud cop featured in my story on credit card skimmers hidden in gas pumps. Detective Thomas writes: I read the post you did with my picture. It was very impressive. At &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/03/gas-pump-skimmers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beware hotel phone scam</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/12/hotel-phone-scam/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/12/hotel-phone-scam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit card fraud]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Heads up, travelers. Beware the clever new scam happening in hotels now. In order to thwart it, proactive properties are placing notes like this one into guest rooms: Dear Guest: Lately, scam artists are attempting to secure credit card numbers &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/12/hotel-phone-scam/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Bernanke&#8217;s ID thieves did it</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/bernankes-id-thieves/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/bernankes-id-thieves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit card fraud]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anna Bernanke hung her purse on the back of a chair at Starbucks. It was stolen and, soon after, she and Ben became victims of identity theft. It&#8217;s extremely simple to steal a purse that isn&#8217;t attached to a person. &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/bernankes-id-thieves/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A typical ATM skimmer scam</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/08/a-typical-atm-skimmer-scam/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/08/a-typical-atm-skimmer-scam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit card fraud]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A reader wrote of an ATM experience which, soon after, led to $9,000 in fraudulent withdrawals. He was abroad, but this happens at ATMs everywhere; and so frequently that I think it&#8217;s worth posting as a reminder. As I was &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/08/a-typical-atm-skimmer-scam/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shoulder-surfers and pseudo-cops in Sweden</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/08/atm-credit-card-fraud-sweden/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/08/atm-credit-card-fraud-sweden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to wail even in Sweden, because the country has long been perceived as enjoying a relatively low crime rate. And it did. But not any more. The day I arrived in Stockholm, the paper featured a spread on &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/08/atm-credit-card-fraud-sweden/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Skimmers and credit card fraud (more)</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/07/credit-card-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/07/credit-card-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit card fraud]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Skimmers, officially called magnetic card readers, capture the data on a card&#8217;s magnetic strip. Exactly what information is that? Credit and debit cards have three &#8220;tracks&#8221; of data. Track 1 stores your name, account number and expiration date, and discretionary &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/07/credit-card-fraud/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>High-tech identity theft today</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/06/new-skimmers/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/06/new-skimmers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[…¢ Identity theft is now the number one crime in the world. …¢ Las Vegas is number one in the U.S. for ID theft; even though it&#8217;s estimated that only 20% of the crimes are reported. …¢ The FBI estimates &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/06/new-skimmers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Skimmers for credit card fraud</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/06/skimmers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little background, as reference for my next post: A skimmer is a battery-operated device smaller than a deck of cards with a slot for swiping credit cards. It reads and stores data embedded in the magnetic strip on the &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/06/skimmers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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