"Tom Bradbury" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6578595.stm
>
> Thousands of motorists who use a bank card to buy petrol are thought to
> have lost millions of pounds in a scam allegedly linked to Tamil rebels.
>
<cut>

The card scams are certainly happening.
But I wonder if the Sri Lanka embassy is blaming some Tamil opposition in
the UK as a way of getting at them, getting the police on their backs.

If the Tamil Tiger claims came from a more neutral source than the Sri Lanka
embassy I would be more convinced.

Deeply Filled Mortician wrote:
> Make credence recognised that on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:50:03 +0100,
> Graham Murray <[email protected]> has scripted:
>
>> "Tom Bradbury" <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>>> Maxwell Keegel, first secretary of the Sri Lankan High Commission in London,
>>> said: "They extract the pin and details from the cards and within minutes
>>> this information is sent to LTTE agents who operate in remote parts of the
>>> world, as far away as Thailand and Indonesia.
>>>
>>> "And the money goes unwittingly from people's accounts and ends up going
>>> into the LTTE's arms activities."
>> Surely it must raise (hopefully very loud) alarm bells if a card is used
>> in quick succession in two widely separated locations. As it is claimed
>> that the PIN is captured, this implies that the fraud involves
>> cardholder present transaction (or withdraw from ATMs) using a cloned
>> magnetic stripe card. As the same card cannot legitimately be in two
>> places at once or be moved too rapidly from one place to another, should
>> this type of fraud not be easier to detect than CNP frauds?
>
> Lloyds TSB cancelled one of my credit card when I flew into Hong Kong.
> They could have called me before doing this, but they didn't.
>
> When I finally got through to them, they said the process to
> reactivate the card could take a few days.
>
> Great, so you can **** it up easily, but you can't un**** it without a
> great effort. I changed banks after that.

Exactly the same happened to me, I was stuck in Amsterdam over a long
weekend with no cash, loads of associated aggro, I used ATM's and fuel
outlets I had used many times before but this came up on their computer
as possibly fraudlent. Their attitude was unbelievable, their final
advice being I should get a friend or relative to Western Union me some
money. I have just changed my bank and have a current claim in the
County Court against the Halifax Bank for wrecked weekend plus
compensation.

"Runge1" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> You never reply to anyone and if I had to read a comment some day by
> michaelnewport, I would quickly go scrub my eyes with soap !!
> No fear, michaelnewport has strictly nothing to say, whether on topic or
> out of topic.
> Anyone can verify that.
> To prove he exists, he pollutes with articles and viruses.
>
What are you talking about?

"Deeply Filled Mortician" <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote
in message news:[email protected]...
> Make credence recognised that on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:17:22 GMT, "Tom
> Bradbury" <[email protected]> has scripted:
>
>>> The Siri Lankans are running petrol stations in Europe?
>>>
>>
>>What's wrong with that? Pakistanis have been running corner shops here
>>for
>>years.
>
> Aren't they just brown Brits?

Most of them, yes.

Those that aren't do rather tend to be Bangladeshi rather than Pakistani.

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

"Frank F. Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The Siri Lankans are running petrol stations in Europe?

Are they?

Why?

Make credence recognised that on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:17:22 GMT, "Tom
Bradbury" <[email protected]> has scripted:

>> The Siri Lankans are running petrol stations in Europe?
>>
>
>What's wrong with that? Pakistanis have been running corner shops here for
>years.

Aren't they just brown Brits?
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"Runge1" <[email protected]> wrote in
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Will you top posting ***** just **** off to http forums where they cater to
your ineptitude. Please. Forget usenet, it's obviously not for you. The
Outlook Express header gives you away immediately as a lost cause.
Just **** right off. Now.


--
Tunku

"Caution : traces of irony and other metallic objects may be present in the
above post"

"Alan Holmes" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Frank F. Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> The Siri Lankans are running petrol stations in Europe?
>
> Are they?
>
> Why?

Because, just like everyone else, when they come to
another country to live they have to do something
to earn an income.

tim

>
>

"Tunku" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Runge1" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> Will you top posting ***** just **** off to http forums where they cater
> to
> your ineptitude. Please. Forget usenet, it's obviously not for you. The
> Outlook Express header gives you away immediately as a lost cause.
> Just **** right off. Now.
>
>
>

What newsreader do you use Tunku out of curiosity. I've been using Outlook
which I'm not overly enthusiastic about. I seen one called forteagent which
looks excellent just haven't gotten round to giving it a go

...sorry as you were

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:13:02 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, "Kev'" <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
... What newsreader do you use Tunku out of curiosity. I've been using Outlook
... which I'm not overly enthusiastic about. I seen one called forteagent which
... looks excellent just haven't gotten round to giving it a go

Try Agent - you'll never look back.

Kev' wrote:
> "Tunku" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]. 109.145...
>> "Runge1" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]:
>>
>> Will you top posting ***** just **** off to http forums where they cater
>> to
>> your ineptitude. Please. Forget usenet, it's obviously not for you. The
>> Outlook Express header gives you away immediately as a lost cause.
>> Just **** right off. Now.
>>
>>
>>
>
> What newsreader do you use Tunku out of curiosity. I've been using Outlook
> which I'm not overly enthusiastic about. I seen one called forteagent which
> looks excellent just haven't gotten round to giving it a go
>
> ...sorry as you were
>
>
Try Thunderbird, it's free download at <www.mozilla.com>

"Magda" <magda@eu> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:13:02 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, "Kev'"
> <[email protected]>
> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ...
> ... What newsreader do you use Tunku out of curiosity. I've been using
> Outlook
> ... which I'm not overly enthusiastic about. I seen one called forteagent
> which
> ... looks excellent just haven't gotten round to giving it a go
>
> Try Agent - you'll never look back.

I did, I hated it.

tim

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:42:26 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, "tim....."
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
... "Magda" <magda@eu> wrote in message
... news:[email protected]...
... > On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:13:02 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, "Kev'"
... > <[email protected]>
... > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... >
... > ...
... > ... What newsreader do you use Tunku out of curiosity. I've been using
... > Outlook
... > ... which I'm not overly enthusiastic about. I seen one called forteagent
... > which
... > ... looks excellent just haven't gotten round to giving it a go
... >
... > Try Agent - you'll never look back.
...
... I did, I hated it.

I confess, I don't like the newest versions. I stopped at 2.0, it's great.

"Alan Holmes" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > You never reply to anyone and if I had to read a comment some day by
> > michaelnewport, I would quickly go scrub my eyes with soap !!
> > No fear, michaelnewport has strictly nothing to say, whether on topic or
> > out of topic.
> > Anyone can verify that.
> > To prove he exists, he pollutes with articles and viruses.
> >
> What are you talking about?

Ignore him - he's just some demented idiot from RTE who feels the need to complain
about every single OT post there - usually top posting and requoting their entire
post. He's what killfiles are for.

--
Andy

"tim....." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Alan Holmes" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Frank F. Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> The Siri Lankans are running petrol stations in Europe?
>>
>> Are they?
>>
>> Why?
>
> Because, just like everyone else, when they come to
> another country to live they have to do something
> to earn an income.

Silly me, I should have realised that!