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Last Updated: Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 11:55 GMT 12:55 UK

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Motorists hit by card clone scam

Police are investigating complaints from motorists across the UK
Thousands of motorists who use a bank card to buy petrol are thought to have lost millions of pounds in an international criminal operation.
It is believed cards are being skimmed at petrol stations, where the card details and pin numbers are retrieved and money withdrawn from the account.

About 200 of the UK's 9,500 petrol stations are thought to have been hit.

The Sri Lankan government claims the rebel Tamil Tigers are to blame but police say there is no definite link.

Police are investigating complaints made in Edinburgh, Norwich, Bury St Edmunds, Peterborough, Nottingham, Leeds, Bristol and Hull.


I knew how much had been taken but how it was taken was an absolute mystery to me

Sean Gillespie


Your skimming stories

In Hull, the economic crime section of Humberside Police are checking thousands of receipts for fuel bought with credit or debit cards at one petrol station.

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6578595.stm