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Police looking for suspects who used credit card number stolen from Oakfield resident

By Howard B. Owens

Press release:

On 09/19/14 at 10:15 p.m. two (2) unknown subjects used an ESL Federal Credit Union cloned debit card three (3) times for large amounts at the Tops Market Pkwy on McKinley in the Town of Hamburg, Erie County. The victim lives in Oakfield, Genesee County, and was in possession of his debit card during these unauthorized transactions.

Fraud Prevention and Investigations Unit at ESL Federal Credit Union believe this is a “counterfeit card” scam which originated from a recent security breach from a large national retail store. East Aurora PD has a similar case with the same subjects.

Anyone with any knowledge of the unknown subjects or that may have information to exchange is asked to please contact: Inv. Ron Wilson, NYSP Batavia, ronald.wilson@troopers.ny.gov / 716-361-1585 or Det. Pat Welch East Aurora PD 716-353-0622.

Ed Hartgrove

C.M. - Informative link, but, there is nothing in EITHER story that says which 'national retail chain' the card was from.

Now, unless you have first-hand knowledge as to where the "Oakfield card's" origin was, from what I can see, your statement that it was a Home Depot card theft appears to be just a guess.

No proof = a guess!

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