Furious dad says £1k parking bill was run up on his lost bank card after ending up in hands of delegates
A DAD says a £1,000 parking bill was run up on his lost bank card after it ended up in the hands of delegates at an insurance conference.
Bradford Bines’ bank statements show the card was used 29 times at an NCP car park in just 90 minutes.
The sales director, 33, dropped the card at a British Insurance Brokers’ Association Manchester event but only realised as he drove home to Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
He immediately cancelled the card — but it was too late.
Bradford blasted “It’s disgusting how many people used the card before I became aware of it.
“I’m not a clumsy person at all, I don’t think I’ve ever lost my card.
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“But I think I dropped it when I was fumbling to get my phone out when I paid at the machine.
“I got an hour down the road and went to pay for the M6 toll when I realised it had gone missing.
“I managed to get it cancelled when I phoned the bank, but they told me the next day that I was overdrawn and more than a grand had gone out.
“That’s when I started to panic because it’s a lot of money. I had no idea how I’d racked up that money and didn’t know what I was going to do.
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“When they talked through the transactions, I realised that 29 other people had used my card to pay for their parking.
“It’s fraud. They were obviously tapping it and leaving it for the next person to use it.”
NCP said: “We will look into the allegations of fraud over possible misuse of this card.”
BIBA said: “We understand his card was lost in a public car park and he is resolving the matter with his bank.”
