RF toll transponders are debit cards (good for food fraud)
Subcommander Bob
bob at black.org
Tue Jul 24 09:55:10 PDT 2001
Thieves using stolen windshield toll
transponders have charged about $4,000
worth of food at McDonald's, where the
devices have been accepted as debit cards
since April 2000, according to a
Transportation Corridor Agencies
spokeswoman.
The transponders, which operate with a radio
signal that credits tolls--and now
cheeseburgers--to motorists' accounts,
allows users to skip toll plazas. The agency
receives 20 cents each time a McDonald's
purchase is made with a FasTrak.
Spokeswoman Clare Climaco said people
should treat a transponder like a credit or
debit card. "They should take it out of their
windshield and put it in a glove compartment or
purse when they're not
using it," she said.
http://latimes.com/news/local/state/la-000060199jul23.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dstate
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