Boots stops payments using Advantage Cards after crooks tried to hack accounts using stolen details

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Boots stops payments using Advantage Cards after crooks tried to hack accounts using stolen details
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BOOTS has suspended Advantage Card payments after scammers tried to hack into customers’ accounts using details stolen from other sites. It means customers won’t be able to pay for prod…

BOOTS has suspended Advantage Card payments after scammers tried to hack into customers' accounts using details stolen from other sites.

Boots told The Sun the issue affected less than 1 per cent of the company's 14.4million active Advantage Card users - 144,000 people. Boots is currently writing to affected customers, and said it'll replace any points that have been used by fraudsters. The Boots Advantage Card scheme lets shoppers collect four points for every £1 spent, and each point is worth 1p.

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