The empty box ... can you help?
Tap and go - it's the legends that are dodgy
On tap-and-go technology: "I think many of you are being fooled by urban legends and/or reading out of date and misinformed websites," suggests Tony. "The technology works only within 5cm or so of the terminal. It's not going to read it from your pocket when you're next in queue. Even if it was possible, this will be reversed by your bank. If a criminal snuck up behind you and swiped a machine next to your purse or wallet without you realising, they can't process a transaction directly this way, they have to be signed up and connected to a bank to process a payment. Anything over about $80 or something still needs a pin number anyway', most fraudsters aren't going to go to all that effort and risk (e.g. shop security cameras watching this) just for $80."
Oscar-winners in the carpark
"Your reader scammed by the 'desperate mother" in a Meadowbank car park was just another victim of many similar scams," writes Sonya. "I have had a young dad desperate to get to a family funeral up north, and a 'doctor' needed for urgent surgery who just locked his keys and wallet in a car ... Also had a 'chef' who was called in urgently to a Botany Downs pub on his day off and needed a cab fare. Shame there are not legitimate acting jobs for these liars and thieves."
