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    From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 29 12:13:28 2025
    Anybody had dealings with Tap2tag, either genuine or not so genuine?

    I had a text from my bank earlier in the week saying they suspected a fraudulent attempt to charge my debit card with £0.00, I ignored it
    thinking it was spam. Today Amazon advised me a payment had been declined
    on the card.

    Called the bank and they confirmed the text was genuine, somebody had
    attempted to collect £0.00 from my card so they had suspended it.

    Went through the account with the bank, all seems OK but I suppose the
    moral is if I get a text like this I should call the bank on its normal
    number.

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  • From alan_m@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Thu May 29 13:30:21 2025
    On 29/05/2025 13:13, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    Anybody had dealings with Tap2tag, either genuine or not so genuine?

    I had a text from my bank earlier in the week saying they suspected a fraudulent attempt to charge my debit card with £0.00, I ignored it
    thinking it was spam. Today Amazon advised me a payment had been
    declined on the card.

    Called the bank and they confirmed the text was genuine, somebody had attempted to collect £0.00 from my card so they had suspended it.

    Went through the account with the bank, all seems OK but I suppose the
    moral is if I get a text like this I should call the bank on its normal number.



    There is a special number for suspected fraud - just dial 159

    You will get an option to connect to your particular bank, probably the
    fraud department that would have sent you the text.

    https://stopscamsuk.org.uk/our-work/159-phone-number/
    (Google will give you many hits confirming this UK number)

    Sometimes a £0 or £0.01 charge is genuine to make sure the card is
    valid. For instance when booking into a hotel, even when you pay up
    front for the room the hotel doesn't know how much extra would be
    charged to the room (mini bar etc.) and would verify the card.

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  • From alan_m@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 29 13:34:32 2025
    On 29/05/2025 13:30, alan_m wrote:
    On 29/05/2025 13:13, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    Anybody had dealings with Tap2tag, either genuine or not so genuine?

    I had a text from my bank earlier in the week saying they suspected a
    fraudulent attempt to charge my debit card with £0.00, I ignored it
    thinking it was spam. Today Amazon advised me a payment had been
    declined on the card.

    Called the bank and they confirmed the text was genuine, somebody had
    attempted to collect £0.00 from my card so they had suspended it.

    Went through the account with the bank, all seems OK but I suppose the
    moral is if I get a text like this I should call the bank on its
    normal number.



    There is a special number for suspected fraud - just dial 159

    You will get an option to connect to your particular bank, probably the
    fraud department that would have sent you the text.

    https://stopscamsuk.org.uk/our-work/159-phone-number/
    (Google will give you many hits confirming this UK number)

    Sometimes a £0 or £0.01 charge is genuine to make sure the card is
    valid. For instance when booking into a hotel, even when you pay up
    front for the room the hotel doesn't know how much extra would be
    charged to the room (mini bar etc.) and would verify the card.



    Video from Martin Lewis https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/04/call-bank-number-martin-lewis/

    The scheme also covers credit cards.

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Thu May 29 14:07:05 2025
    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    Anybody had dealings with Tap2tag, either genuine or not so genuine?
    I had a text from my bank earlier in the week saying they suspected a fraudulent attempt to charge my debit card with £0.00

    Tap2Tag seem to have existed since 2013, but look like they use RFID to
    allow paramedics to retrieve medical records from someone wearing one of
    their tags, it doesn't look like a payment system?

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  • From Deeep42@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 30 12:00:03 2025
    I had the same thing today from my debit card!!!!! No idea what it was

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