At that time gas was selling for about $2.60-2.65/gallon in southwest
Florida. A $100 charge is about 38 gallons. Not exactly a small tank.
With security cameras in use and time of day on the transaction it
shouldn't be hard for someone to figure out the perpetrator. Especially
since he appears to have come back to fill the other tank. An even
larger vehicle.
Chuck Norcutt
Bob Docherty wrote:
> Funny,
> About 2 months ago I got hit from Ft Myers for a $100 gas purchase that I
> didn't make. Caught it quickly within 2 days and canceled card. The day after
> I canceled the card another $100 charge from the gas station came through . I
> didn't even get to the beach let alone Florida...Must be the place for credit
> card thieves to vacation.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tue, April 6, 2010 7:53:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Credit Card Fraud
>
> This has happened to me twice before but, like Moose, I had no suspicion
> of internet involvement. IIRC, the first incident was probably well
> before internet fraud became widespread.
>
> In the first case it was my wife who detected the false charges.
> Although we had lived on the east coast of Florida prior to this
> incident, at the time it happened we were living near Boston. We got
> charges from the Fort Myers, Florida area for everything from diapers to
> TV sets.
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