Originally Posted by
gw14
lots of compromised cards in the Hartford, CT area both at CVS and S&S, usually the magnetic strip is disabled but no numbers scratched off the card. Funds are usually on the card for 48 hours after purchase, you can't swipe it, so use it to pay online to insurance, electric, etc
use card reader as soon as you get home to see it card is compromised and spend funds right away if the card reader doesn't read the same info format as a good card
compromised cards usually drained to targets
Haven't seen any compromised cards yet from the new packaging as noted above in post #4535, not to say that there won't be.
Any recommendations for a card reader to get?
Just got hit with a bunch of drained cards. Have logged ticket with Incomm (they must be getting killed with this), but going forward I need to know in advance if there is anything iffy with my cards.
All defective cards were the older ones with the full barcode on the back, with expiry in 29/30/31. Have not had issues with the new design where the barcode is only partially visible, expiry 32