Credit Card Clone Scam Hits British Motorists

by Jordan Yerman | April 21, 2007 at 04:13 pm

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The second massive credit card scam in the news today. Speculation arose that the Tamil Tigers were somehow involved, but there is no proof of that at this point.

Thousands of motorists who use a bank card to buy petrol are thought to have lost millions of pounds in an international criminal operation.

It is believed cards are being skimmed at petrol stations, where the card details and pin numbers are retrieved and money withdrawn from the account.

About 200 of the UK's 9,500 petrol stations are thought to have been hit.

The Sri Lankan government claims the rebel Tamil Tigers are to blame but police say there is no definite link.

Police are investigating complaints made in Edinburgh, Norwich, Bury St Edmunds, Peterborough, Nottingham, Leeds, Bristol and Hull.