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Originally Posted by MetaWraith
Chip and pin won't stop it. It's all to easy to get somebodies pin by shoulder surfing and watching them tap it in at the supermarket terminals. Heck just this week the woman in front of me took out a piece of paper and read her number off it in plain sight of me.
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Yes, my thaughts exactly, I can't see how chip & pin is going to help, I think it will only make it easier for these fraudsters, more opportunities to see someone typing their pin number in.
My Mum & my g/f carry their pin numbers around with them in their bags. My Mum is the worst, getting the little bit of paper out every time she uses a cash machine.
But both mine & my g/f chip & pin never work. Mine just says "please wait..." then "remove card", never asking me for the pin number.
My g/f pin number never works in the little chip & pin machines, but then she can go to the cash machine & use the exact same pin and it's okay.
So we both end up signing for purchases as usual.
I do like MetaWraith idea, use the cashback at the supermarket, think I'll start doing that.