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June 16, 2007

Gas Stations Credit Cards and Identity Theft

I just read a very interesting news story about some gas stations limiting pay at the pump credit card transactions due to the growing problems of identity theft.

Shawn Bloomfield of Allentown PA said that he has to use 2 different credit cards to fuel his truck because the pumps stop delivering fuel to curb the use of stolen cards.

Yeah, that's going to solve the problem. It's only going to grow the problem of identity theft in my opinion. Thieves that can swipe one identity can steal multiple identities. If Shawn can use two credit cards to fuel his vehicle then can't an identity thief use two stolen cards to fuel vehicles.

While identity theft is a huge problem in today's society my hope is the President's Task Force on Identity theft helps curb the problem.

In the meantime I do suggest you consider reading my review of LifeLock Identity Protection service.

For less than $10 per month you can have some peace of mind.

Posted by Colin on June 16, 2007 09:24 PM | Permalink | DIGG THIS STORY

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