Latest credit card scam

[derspiess]

Perhaps America needs to bring civilization to Europe.

Cloning/skimming happens a lot here, too.  Though usually it seems to happen at gas stations.

What gets me is the relatively large numbers of people who are still susceptible to phishing-- especially phishing via SMS ('smishing'). 

Gee, I got this random text message telling me to call a # I'm not familiar with & give them my card & PIN numbers.  I'm sure I can trust them since they are identifying themselves as "your bank".