OREGON, OH (Toledo News Now) -
Oregon
Police are looking for a pair of suspects they say used someone else's credit
card information to do $784 worth of shopping.
"The
victim is still in possession of the credit card, so this would be a cloned
credit card, where they are only in possession of the victim's credit card number,"
explained Det. Ryan Spangler.
This
is the second case of credit card cloning in the last two weeks. Two women were
caught
on camera shopping with a cloned card recently, too. So how is this
happening?
"Anytime
that you leave your credit card out of your sight," Spangler said. "Say you're
at a restaurant and the cashier swipes the credit card or whomever is swiping the
credit card, they're retaining that data."
Police
say the incident happened just one day after Christmas, the prime time for
thieves to commit this type of crime.
"The
frequency of you utilizing your credit card or debit card occurs much higher
during the holiday season, and according to my victim, this card was for
Christmas gift purchases," Spangler said.
What
can you do to protect yourself from credit card theft? Police have a few
suggestions:
- Don't let
your card out of your sight
- Make sure
you're the one that swipes it (if possible)
- When in
doubt, use cash
- Check your
bank account activity at least once a week
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