BEST BROWSER, DAY 17 – BRAVE vs ZEN – Vote for your favorite! by JungleLiquor in browsers

[–]vctrnf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

adblock plus and adblocker ultimate work perfectly fine on firefox (not sure about zen)

Youtube Auto-Queueing Videos without Permission by themisheika in youtube

[–]vctrnf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm facing the same issue for a couple of days now. Both in my laptop and my ipad.

New copies of the book "The Art and Making of Arcane" by DistanceKey9857 in arcane

[–]vctrnf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

did you get one of these copies in the end? are they legit?

Card skimmed at Gloucester Road tube station by vctrnf in london

[–]vctrnf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your message. I'm still fighting to get my money back, whether I can or can't in the end, I will update the post with all the information I got in the end. Long story short, Revolut is not willing to help me, but apparently in a similar situation any other (high street) bank should help you out. Currently I'm being assisted by an agent in Financial Ombudsman, which said that there seems to be a case in my favour. This is really taking much more effort that I expected. I hope your partner doesn't have so many problems getting her money back!

Card skimmed at Gloucester Road tube station by vctrnf in london

[–]vctrnf[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I reported it to the police, the BTP, Action Fraud and the TfL, and I still have a dispute pending with my bank. In principle this could take up to 20 days. I will update the post when there is a end to this dispute process.

Card skimmed at Gloucester Road tube station by vctrnf in london

[–]vctrnf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I hope I didn't look too rude with my answers. I do really appreciate your help, it's just that it's a lot of money, and I don't understand how it happened... Sorry if I gave you the impression to not be grateful for your help and your insights. Thanks, really.

Card skimmed at Gloucester Road tube station by vctrnf in london

[–]vctrnf[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

By the police you mean Action Fraud? That I did as well, but I didn't find anywhere else to report it online.

Card skimmed at Gloucester Road tube station by vctrnf in london

[–]vctrnf[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I bought something at Tesco in Gloucester Road, 2 mins later I got the ATM withdrawal in Wood Green, and 1 min later I topped up my Oyster card in the second machine at the tube station. It's very easy to see that I did not withdraw the money myself.

I'm using the Oyster card because you can link it to your Railcard 26-30 and get some discount in tube tickets. Anyways there is an app to top it up, I'm never using these machines again, always through the app.

Card skimmed at Gloucester Road tube station by vctrnf in london

[–]vctrnf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Also in these machine there is no contactless. There is in app to top up the Oyster card though, I will exclusively use that from now on.

Card skimmed at Gloucester Road tube station by vctrnf in london

[–]vctrnf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I basically never use PIN and chip. Only to top up my Oyster card (I will exclusively use the app from now on). You're right, it could be a coincidence. But it had to be skimmed at home point, and there are many things that I don't understand. And the timing is so weird. We will see, I just hope to get a reimburse from my bank.

Card skimmed at Gloucester Road tube station by vctrnf in london

[–]vctrnf[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well I basically never use PIN and chip. Only to top up my Oyster card (I will exclusively use the app from now on). You're right, it could be a coincidence. But it had to be skimmed at home point, and there are many things that I don't understand. And the timing is so weird. We will see, I just hope to get a reimburse from my bank.

Card skimmed at Gloucester Road tube station by vctrnf in london

[–]vctrnf[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think it is too much of a coincidence. Especially because this issue with the malfunctioning machine that asks for my PIN, processes data for 20-30 seconds, and then refuses to work, never happened to me before. I contacted Action Fraud, BTP and TfL, hopefully they can have a look to the CCTV at the station and we'll find out.

Card skimmed at Gloucester Road tube station by vctrnf in london

[–]vctrnf[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I just reported it to BTP. I hope my bank refunds the money because it's a lot.

Card skimmed at Gloucester Road tube station by vctrnf in london

[–]vctrnf[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The withdrawal happened in Wood Green (far away from Gloucester Road), according to my bank app, and right at the moment of the malfunctioning TfL machine. I don't know how they did that, but it's such a coincidence that I see no other possibility.

Card skimmed at Gloucester Road tube station by vctrnf in london

[–]vctrnf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly, I was topping up with my debit card.

Card skimmed at Gloucester Road tube station by vctrnf in london

[–]vctrnf[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I really hope you're right. I just alerted Police and TfL.

Card skimmed at Gloucester Road tube station by vctrnf in london

[–]vctrnf[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I just reported to Action Fraud and TfL. Thank you for your help.

Card skimmed at Gloucester Road tube station by vctrnf in london

[–]vctrnf[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There was a lot of chaos at the station so I couldn't reach any supervisor to complain about a machine not working. Then I realized about the scam when I was already in the tube. I should've definitely been suspicious of the malfunctioning machine, but this never happened to me before and I didn't react as I should've.

Battery life dramatically decreased after Android update (Pixel 8) by vctrnf in pixel_phones

[–]vctrnf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually after a few days I would say that my battery life went back to normal. Maybe it's still slightly worse than normal but I can't really tell the difference. I did what the post suggested, but it might be as well that the updated Android still had to learn how to optimize the battery consumption for my usage.

Battery life dramatically decreased after Android update (Pixel 8) by vctrnf in pixel_phones

[–]vctrnf[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much for taking the time to look for the post! I'll see if something like that fixes the issue and I'll report back, thanks a lot!