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jon-wood
on Jan 3, 2016
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Gas Theft Gangs Fuel Pump Skimming Scams
Almost all recent snack vending machines in the UK support contactless payment. if it's economical to do for £0.50 snacks, it'll work for fuel pumps.
ctz
on Jan 3, 2016
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Current contactless payments are limited to transactions of £30 or less. That rules it out for 99% of fuel transactions.
jon-wood
on Jan 4, 2016
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However the same technology would allow chip and pin transactions with the addition of a keypad, if only the US hadn't gone for the ridiculous chip and signature nonsense.
knughit
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Hah, foiled by gas taxes!!
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