LHR T5 Arrivals Costa Coffee and suspicious "O2 UK PAY & GO" transactions
Mar 13, 2020, 3:55 am
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LHR T5 Arrivals Costa Coffee and suspicious "O2 UK PAY & GO" transactions
Anyone who has used Costa Coffee T5 Arrivals and used either a Chip and Pin or a Contactless in the last few weeks. Check your bank statements for "O2 UK PAY & GO" transactions - typically £10 - £15 area - that you do not recognise. These would typically be 2 days after the legitimate Costa Coffee transaction. This is the fairly big Costa directly in front of International Arrivals landside.
[And a reminder that if using contactless you can pay with your card upside down and/or with your thumb obscuring the final digits]
[And a reminder that if using contactless you can pay with your card upside down and/or with your thumb obscuring the final digits]
Mar 13, 2020, 4:29 am
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It didn't happen to me. But the suspicion is that some filming or photography is going on, yes, but the machine in question is otherwise legitimate.
Mar 13, 2020, 4:11 pm
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Mar 13, 2020, 4:32 pm
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Apple Pay seems to market itself at the most secure, as the transaction is encrypted and Apple don’t have visibility of the transaction. Having said that, Card details are still visible on screen, just as it would be physically in your hand but with less numbers. If this is more of a problem because of a device corrupting a physical card then revert to cash or be very discreet with your card. But I do not know what is happening here.
Mar 13, 2020, 4:40 pm
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It’s been a while since I looked at the technical details of Apple Pay, but my understanding (from what I remember) is that it generates a unique “card number” for each device.
So if there is fraud, there is no lasting damage as it is a virtual number - it can be cancelled without affecting the underlying account (ie no need to cancel cards etc).
So if there is fraud, there is no lasting damage as it is a virtual number - it can be cancelled without affecting the underlying account (ie no need to cancel cards etc).
Mar 13, 2020, 4:46 pm
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It’s been a while since I looked at the technical details of Apple Pay, but my understanding (from what I remember) is that it generates a unique “card number” for each device.
So if there is fraud, there is no lasting damage as it is a virtual number - it can be cancelled without affecting the underlying account (ie no need to cancel cards etc).
So if there is fraud, there is no lasting damage as it is a virtual number - it can be cancelled without affecting the underlying account (ie no need to cancel cards etc).
Mar 13, 2020, 4:52 pm
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Must admit I haven't a clue what this alternative method of paying for a coffee is to be honest.....too long stuck out in the pampa methinks. However if corporate-wage-slave starts a thread on it, it must be worth taking heed.