http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6578595.stm
Thousands of motorists who use a bank card to buy petrol are thought to have lost millions of pounds in a scam allegedly linked to Tamil rebels.
It is believed cards are being skimmed at petrol stations, whereby the card details and pin numbers are retrieved and money withdrawn from the account.
About 200 of the UK's 9,500 petrol stations are thought to have been hit.
The Sri Lankan government has claimed its opponents, the Tamil Tigers, are behind the scam.
They say Tamil asylum seekers arriving in the UK are loaned money to open a petrol station, and once established they supply information to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Import more criminals. That's the future.
Thousands of motorists who use a bank card to buy petrol are thought to have lost millions of pounds in a scam allegedly linked to Tamil rebels.
It is believed cards are being skimmed at petrol stations, whereby the card details and pin numbers are retrieved and money withdrawn from the account.
About 200 of the UK's 9,500 petrol stations are thought to have been hit.
The Sri Lankan government has claimed its opponents, the Tamil Tigers, are behind the scam.
They say Tamil asylum seekers arriving in the UK are loaned money to open a petrol station, and once established they supply information to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Import more criminals. That's the future.
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