and last updated 2021-04-15 18:12:09-04
ARANSAS PASS, Texas â The Aransas Pass Police Department is looking for help in apprehending a suspect who apparently is using credit card information obtained by a skimmer device.
Police say the suspect has utilized a vehicle that appears to be a black Mercedes-Benz C-Class when arriving at the stories.
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Aransas Pass police are looking for a suspect who was driving this Mercedes-Benz in a series of recent credit-card scams across the Coastal Bend.
The victim s card information was used at several stores in Corpus Christi and Aransas Pass.
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people that have gotten out over the last couple of years and people that are staying loyal to probably a gang that saved their life once they got into prison. so they still have these guys loyalty to them. how sophisticated are they? you know, the sophisticated part is more of the outside groups, more of the internet savvy-type groups. but these guys are good at running con games, running scams, and more of the criminal element of, again, of the movement. so, the sophistication probably running credit card scams, and stuff like that, and is more of a the ariane brotherhood on the outside game of raising money. so based on what you know about this group, frank, how much there are also a i m sorry. you know, i don t know. who knows. until they catch you, who is doing this, we we do need to look out. you know, we need to try to fix
obviously to screen every single transaction, there are some easy steps you can take to protect your business from stolen or fraudulent credit card scams. here with tips on what to watch out for is james, president of the association of certified fraud examiners. it is great to see. did you thank you for having me. i m not entirely sure if i just quickly looked at a credit card. i would be able to tell if it were a good fraud. so what are some telltale signs? that s one of the reasons it is important you train your employees to look for the obvious. misspellings, ghost images on the credit cards where it looks like they might have pressed it flat and reembossed it. another important area is the hologram. you know, they come and install part of the credit card from the credit card company. but after market people will put them on much like a statement open a letter. you raised the credit card where you look at it from the side and see if there are edges around it. you see if t