metro reader offer Living and Dying with DignityAIDS in Africa The Rose Project GetChristmas Terms & Conditions One purchase only.Participating stores of the Royal Hibernian Way only. Not for use in conjunction with any other offer. all wrapped up at the Royal Hibernian Way Dawson Street Dublin 2 all purchases today with this copy of metro Get20%off Better than Newry Prices! FREE Jewellery Gift worth 40 Get a FREE GIFT worth 40 when you spend 100 or more this Christmas Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer Stephens Green Shopping Centre Tel: (01) 478-5336 12 METRO Thursday, December 10, 2009 D Shoulder surfers on 40,000 fraud charge three people have been charged over an alleged 40,000 shopping spree with a Laser card stolen from a womans handbag. husband and wife, Costin and Con- stanta Colciu, were arrested at Dublin Airport as they were about to board a flight to Amsterdam. A third man, Ca- talin tatarsanu Miron, was later arrested at an address in tallaght. Garda said a gang operated a so-called shoulder surfing scam mostly targeting older women by taking note of the shoppers Pin number at supermarket checkouts as they paid for goods. they then approach their target in the supermarket car park and cause a distraction while an accomplice steals By SARAH STACK the card from the ladys handbag, said a garda spokesman. Incidents of this nature have been reported at various locations around the country, he added. Some 40,000 was spent on one card stolen in Co Leitrim over a four- day period. Detectives maintain 130 fraudulent transactions were made, with 84 pieces of CCtV from numer- ous locations secured and the users of the card recorded. It is understood officers tracked the movements of Mr Colciu, 45, and his 35-year-old wife, when plane tickets were purchased on a card which had been reported stolen. the couple, of Ashfield Avenue, tallaght, appeared before Blanchard- stown District Court on theft and fraud charges and were remanded in custody. they are due to again appear in court later in the month. Mr Miron, who is in his late 40s, was also charged by garda in connec- tion with the alleged fraud. Taking note of Pin at supermarket checkouts Darren Kane, 17, from Castleknock Community College, has a hair-raising experience at Trinity Colleges Open Day. TCD yesterday showcased more than a hundred presentations to some 7,000 sixth-year students, parents and teachers Picture: Sharppix A FACeBOOK user had to reassure loved ones he was alive after a friend posted he had died. tributes to Dan evans flooded in on a memorial page set up to spread the news he had been killed in a freak accident. After two days 600 people had left condolences for Mr evans family on the page set up by friend Daniel Kidd, who said: Dan and I have been best friends for years but our friends from school have started to drift apart and we hadnt seen some of them for ages I just thought this would be funny. Facebook funeral is faked by friend WheN most of us have a clear-out, we hope to make a few bob on the best items. Not so for La tour dArgent restaurant in Paris it made 1.50million by auctioning off 18,000 bottles of wines and liqueur. the most expensive was the Clos du Griffier cognac from 1788 which went for about 25,000. As reported in tuesdays Metro, the 427-year-old restaurant, whose patrons have included King Louis XIV and JFK, was making way for new vintages. Id recommend the 25,000 cognac FeelIng ecStatIc index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html