{"id":21419,"date":"2026-01-04T07:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/04\/digital-wallet-fraud-how-your-bank-card-can-be-stolen-without-it-leaving-your-wallet\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T07:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:37:15","slug":"digital-wallet-fraud-how-your-bank-card-can-be-stolen-without-it-leaving-your-wallet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/04\/digital-wallet-fraud-how-your-bank-card-can-be-stolen-without-it-leaving-your-wallet\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital wallet fraud: how your bank card can be stolen without it leaving your wallet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fraudsters use phishing to steal card details, which fund a spending spree using Apple Pay or Google Pay<\/p>\n

You get a call from your bank and the informed voice asks to you to confirm the personal details they have on file, which you do. You are then asked whether you bought something at an electrical retailer recently for \u00a3120 and spent \u00a3235 in Birmingham, but neither transaction rings true.<\/p>\n

The caller tells you they have blocked the payments but they must now secure your account, and say they will send you a notification to approve, or a code to pass on to them. You feel under pressure to protect your money, so you do what is asked.<\/p>\n

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\nFraudsters use phishing to steal card details, which fund a spending spree using Apple Pay or Google Pay
\nYou get a call from your bank and the informed voice asks to you to confirm the personal details they have on file, which you do. You are then asked whether you bought something at an electrical retailer recently for \u00a3120 and spent \u00a3235 in Birmingham, but neither transaction rings true.
\nThe caller tells you they have blocked the payments but they must now secure your account, and say they will send you a notification to approve, or a code to pass on to them. You feel under pressure to protect your money, so you do what is asked. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fraudsters use phishing to steal card details, which fund a spending spree using Apple Pay or Google Pay You get a call from your bank and the informed voice asks to you to confirm the personal details they have on file, which you do. You are then asked whether you bought something at an electrical …<\/p>\n

Digital wallet fraud: how your bank card can be stolen without it leaving your wallet<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21419"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}