Thiefs Treasure Hunt in your Wallet!! Warning to ALL

[goverton]

If you use Credit or Debit Cards, you may be at risk!! Watch this video and learn about RFID and Wifi chips on new cards!1

http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/lLAFhTjsQHw&sns=em

Someone could be looking for your money and you don't even know it!

 

[gleaner1]

silly scary stuff de jour. Most people dont have debit or credit cards. Mostly.

 

[Chadeaux]

silly scary stuff de jour. Most people dont have debit or credit cards. Mostly.

Perhaps you mean they don't have the RFID / WIFI style cards. More people have debit cards than you would believe. Many banks automatically issue one with each new account.

A simple "sniffer" can be configured to scan for cards in the area while at a concert or other gathering. The sniffer's are small enough to be totally hidden within other electronic gadgets.

Also, it isn't new. Been around and in use as long as there have been the RFID / WIFI style credit cards.

 

[Frankn]

I think that is why those metal wallets and card cases might be useful if you have one of those types of cards like AE. Frank

 

[rockhound]

By placing a single layer of aluminum foil in your wallet, on the outside of the cards, they can't be scanned. The foil reflects the signal. Good Luck. rockhound

 

[spartacus53]

Rockhound is correct on that aluminum foil tip..

That is also were the expression "Curses, foiled again" originated from

 

[Frankn]

I am not sure, but I have been thinking about the foil trick. If the foil is towards you in your pocket and the card towards the outside, there is a possibility of the foil reflecting the cards coding back to the receiver. The foil might act like a dish. Just theory, never tried it. All of the high security rooms have the screening metal on the outside of the rooms on all sides, top and bottom. Frank

 

[rockhound]

The foil has to be nearest to the outside of your wallet in order to work, otherwise, it could reflect a signal just as you said. I carry a small survival card tool in mine, it is made of stainless and is the size of a credit card. It is thicker and stronger than foil and is good for almost anything. Good Luck. rockhound

 

[fmerg]

hate to be a kill joy but the information is highly flawed
check out snopes.com enter rfid cards

 

[rockhound]

Sorry, but don't believe everything on snopes. www.ehow.com/how_7437604_block-rfic-signals.html Good Luck. rockhound

 

[Chadeaux]

I don't know much . . . but I do know the type of hardware needed to "gather" these have been around since the 90's. I also know snopes can make mistakes like the rest of us.

Add to that the fact that I deal regularly with "identity theft" matters . . . I think snopes got this one wrong.

 

[rockhound]

I found out today that smart phones also have RFID holograms on their backs. Someone hit my next door neighbor for $3000. She didn't know it until she went to make a call and found out her minutes had been used up. Good thing she had relatives working at the phone company, who did a scan and found out that $3000 in bills were accumulated on her phone. Most wer to over seas customers, probably drug related. After she proved that she was no where near those area, they readjusted the bill. Some calls were made in Mexica and Spain. Once the RFID signature has been obtained, it is easily transfered to another phone. She has placed 4 strips of aluminum foil on the back of her phone now and putit inside a case. Good Luck. rockhound

 

[onfire]

There's a co. out there that sells a protective sleeve for the cards. Don't know what it's made of? There was a warning a couple of years ago. Could be just a rumor started to increase sales

 

[jerseyben]

Fmerg beat me to it but:

snopes.com: Electronic Pickpocketing