Cannes restaurants lose thousands of euros to card machine scam Fraudsters quickly swap the restaurant card machine for their own, meaning that future customer payments go straight into their account
New kind of bank card fraud hits car park payments in France Two men have been arrested on suspicion of installing boxes on payment terminals that enabled them to use the PIN numbers to withdraw money at a cashpoint several kilometres away
Victims of fraud in France less likely to be reimbursed An inquiry found victims were now at least 4% less likely to be reimbursed, despite the legal rules for consumer fraud improving this year
practical Banks are obliged to check transactions A man who failed to properly secure his bank card and PIN number and then took several days to report the card’s loss has won a case against his bank after it refused reimbursement for frauds carried out.
