Posted on 05/09/2024 3:49:02 PM PDT by lowbridge
A North Carolina cafe customer is out $2,000 as her go-to diner posted her entire credit card information online for the world to see.
Rhonda Deaver paid her weekly visit to Smith’s Cafe in Kinston following her doctor’s appointment on April 30 and dined at the restaurant, approximately 80 miles southeast of Raleigh.
During her drive home, Deaver received a call from her bank telling her she left her credit card at the cafe.
When she returned to the diner, cafe staff told Deaver they had taken a picture of the front and back of the card and posted it to a local Facebook group to track her down.
“Hey guys, Ms. Rhonda Deaver you’ve left your debit card here at the store, we have placed it in a secure location. Please if you know her let her know we have it and would love to make sure it is returned!!” the cafe posted to the “Word of Mouth Kinston” group.
But the well-meaning gesture wasn’t thoroughly thought out.
The employees forgot to blur out any of the numbers on the card, leaving the personal information open for all ill-intended individuals.
Multiple purchases using the card’s numbers left Deaver responsible for $2,000 worth of charges.
“I couldn’t believe they did that, but I was sick thinking I might be responsible for all those charges,” Deaver told WCTI.
Fortunately, the card’s security feature didn’t allow some of the purchases to go through.
“It had been used a whole lot, a whole lot of declines — but a whole lot that went through,” the aggravated customer said.
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In the plus column, the best watermelons in the area are grown in Kinston!
LOL!
Oh brother...to go around scared of your shadow.
I had an incidence with my debit card and got it back in 30 seconds. The bank took care of the issue with the 3rd party.
If people were afraid to use their debit cards, the benefit banks derive from its use (no checks to process, no cash to count) would cease. All banks reimburse any misuse on the spot.
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