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Sydney police have swooped on a fraud ring that implanted skimmers into taxis to clone customers' credit cards. Police on July 1 arrested four men involved in the ring including a 29 year-old taxi driver at Chullora, nabbed a fifth chap later that day, and raided a Sydney CBD unit where 800 credit cards, a laptop and cloning …

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  1. Khaptain Silver badge

    >In August last year, NSW Police busted a Romanian carder ring which had used a 3D printer to produce skimmers subsequently installed across Sydney ATMs. ®

    So how long before 3D printers get banned.....

    As for the the alliteration, an alternative would have been to replace Sydney with Cobbers

    Cobbers clobber cabbie carder crims....

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  2. Sanctimonious Prick
    Coat

    Where there's a will...

    There's a way.

    sigh

    I love technology.

    And some people love playing with spiders.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Around here...

    ... you already know you are being robbed the moment the taximeter is running... credit card or not.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    Strike Force Hereford 2

    That name sounds like straight out of a video game. I hope they dress in black balaclavas and stuff, to look the part.

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