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As IGP says it need not have happened that day Vera, sometimes they aquire the information they need from somewhere or other then sit on it for a while before using it.

We've had a credit card cloned before but recently OH had an odd experience with his debit card. Bank sent a new one just before his old one expired. He used it once in the ATM to withdraw £50 and later that day the bank rang to say they had put a stop on the card. The day BEFORE he used it for the first time it had been used in America to withdraw 300 dollars, then there was an attempt to use it again in America at about the same time OH was withdrawing money here. That's when the computer flagged it up. How could that have happened?

I had something similar a few years back with a card that hadn't been used other than inside the bank at the counter, for over two years.

They sorted it out promptly, but I am convinced to this day it was an inside job and it was around the time there were stories of overseas call centre staff selling details for money.

Your shopping trip today probably had nothing to do with it, and unless it involves cash withdrawals from ATMs they don't even need your pin number.

I assume somebody has informed the post office where the cash machine is?

Sorry to hear about the hassle you've had, I really hate all this scamming of people by those too lazy to go out and earn their own money.

Sorry to hear this OFITG :-(

So sorry to hear you've been robbed, but well done to your bank for spotting the out of character transactions!

If it were a hole-in-the-wall machine at the PO, your card might have been cloned. If at the counter, then suspicions might fall on the counter clerk. :-(

It's always possible that the details were taken on another occasion from somewhere else and that its only just started to be used.

Our card was cloned at a garage and luckily odd transactions were picked up by the bank too.

The false fronts on cash machines can be very deceptive and have fooled even the most savvy users.

Glad you have not lost out financially.

Went out about 11:00am and withdrew £40 from cash machine at local post office, used cash to do a bit of shopping, got back home about an hour later.

No sooner home when I get a text message from my bank asking me to confirm several transactions, needless to say none were made by me. So I am not a happy bunny at the moment, the bank has cancelled my card and sending me a new one, but at my age I can well do without this hassle and stress.

I am very security conscious, never let my card out of my site, never disclose my pin, never give details over the phone, and never buy anything from dodgy sites, never click on links etc, so cannot understand how they got my card details :-S