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card surfing
noun- a moving of custom between credit cards to achieve financial advantage UK
- [T]he phenomenon of card surfing, whereby cardholders readily switch debt between cards to minimise repayments and the interest that accrues to outstanding balances[.] — Minutes of Evidence to the Select Committee on Treasury, 31 July 2000
- a criminal act in which a criminal closely observes a person using an automatic cash machine (by looking over his or her shoulder) and notes the personal identity number that is entered on the keypad; the user’s card is subsequently stolen, without making the user aware of the theft, and fraudulent withdrawals of cash are the criminal’s reward US
Also known as “shoulder surfing.” - Mostly it starts with what is called “shoulder surfing.” While you’re holding your credit card at a pay phone, especially in a large public area, people can stand at your shoulder and get your card number. — Atlanta Journal and Constitution, p. H10, 10 May 1992
- In fact, “shoulder surfing” is an outdated, low-tech approach. Thieves no longer need to steal a debit card to gain access to a bank account through an ATM. They simply make the cards themselves. — Baltimore Sun, 15 April 2003
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