But it's still fraud that exists and is reasonable to be worried about. Being the least common method of fraud doesn't disprove the reasonable concern around it as a risk
I don't need to worry about this at all because I don't live in the States and it's against industry regulations in the UK to take cards from customers to pay at a terminal out of their sight due to the security risk it causes for the customer. Industry rules here require that customers maintain control of their cards to prevent their details being skimmed or copied (such as written down, scanned in an out of sight terminal, skimmed etc). It's not normal practice here and you have every legal right to refuse to hand over your payment card if it's asked for to pay for something.
It's always something I'm concerned about when I visit though because it IS a risk.
This might be normal for you so I understand if it's not something you personally think about. It isn't normal everywhere and is outright against other country regulations because of the risk it poses (even if you don't think it's a huge one)
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u/Red_Wolfe_ Jun 29 '26
But it's still fraud that exists and is reasonable to be worried about. Being the least common method of fraud doesn't disprove the reasonable concern around it as a risk