was an interesting weekend to say the least… woke up friday to the state of CA having levied my acct for back registration on a car that was crushed 4 years back got them to reverse the levy but still took a 50 dollar hit from the credit union… thinking this was the end of my woes and that I could get a good restful weekend I went to bed.
come saturday morning I wake up to a voicemeail message from the Fraud Squad at the bank about a bunch of transactions that didn’t seem right and asking me If i was across town shopping at Walmart. I call them back and log onto the bank account to see I had been hit for almost 400 bucks. In speaking to them they informed me that my debit card info was probably hijacked at a gas pump so started a day of driving filing paperwork and a police report.
anyways, for anyone in the San Jose area, I am almost positive this happened at the 76 station at the corner of Santa Teresa and Cottle… it was a pump I never use but stopped at when dropping a friend off. it was the only station I have used the debit card as a credit card to get gas, and based on all the fraud transactions at Walmart in Milpitas, CA they showed up as pending transactions which is usually how credit card transactions are processed versus debit.
other reason I am suspect of that gas station was that while pumping gas the numbers on the pump did not run up smoothly or consistently like they should… usually a clear sign of a tampered pump which could be the station owner trying to gouge customers, or also a sign you just used a pump that has been tampered with.
Anyways I just want to pass this info to any other members in San Jose & greater SF Bay Area to be on the lookout. check your bank account daily… and do not leave stuff in your cars. with the holidayy season fast approaching there have been rashes of car breakins (2 people I know including my mother ) have had their vehicles cleanly broken into and cleaned out, and also a rise in the number of gas pump / atm hijacks in the area.