Dumbarton supermarket responds to man’s ATM ‘card clone’ claim – The Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter

A SUPERMARKET chain says its had no reports of problems with the ATMs at its Dumbarton store after a shopper claimed hed fallen victim to a card cloning scam at one machine.

Matthew Frearson, 25, claimed his card was cloned at an ATM outside the Asda store at the St James Retail Park and that scammers had defrauded him out of hundreds of pounds as a result.

But Asda said it had checked the machines and was not aware of any problems and its understood no report has been made to police.

Mr Frearson said: I used one of the cash machines outside Asda in Dumbarton on the 16th, and didnt think anything of it as everyone takes money out.

Im usually careful with cash machines and check for card skimmers but this time I didnt as I was distracted talking to my sister.

Last Thursday I got a notification from my banking app saying I had spent 210.32 in the Three store in Glasgow which I hadnt.

When I phoned Bank of Scotland they confirmed it was a physical card that had been used in the Three store, and they had blocked multiple charges including 400 in the Samsung store, 290 at Dress For Less, 30 on Just Eat and 30 on Dominos - all of them failing apart from the Three charge.

The bank confirmed over the phone it was most likely a cloned card as it was a physical card showing on their system that was used in Three and Samsung.

Asda said it had received no complaints about the stores ATM machines.

A spokesperson added: We have had no other complaints, no conversations with the police and after having checked the ATMs, it doesnt appear that there is any issue currently with the ATMs at this store.

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Dumbarton supermarket responds to man's ATM 'card clone' claim - The Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter