Society

Credit card fraud old-fashioned

(China Daily)
Updated: 2007-03-29 16:44

A 20-year-old Australian man was arrested by Macao police for trying to use forged credit cards and then running away with 25,000 patacas ($3,205) worth of clothes after being caught.

With another foreign young man, the Australian selected 12 items of clothing at a boutique on March 21. After producing three different credit cards that were all rejected, the two men offered a fourth. Already suspicious, the shop assistant called the credit card center and discovered that the cards had been forged. Having been discovered, the pair grabbed the clothes and ran off.

The Australian was caught on Saturday and the police are looking for his partner. Police said the credit card forgery racket is recruiting foreigners to use forged cards because shop assistants tend to trust foreign tourists.

(Macao Daily)