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BEWARE OF CREDIT CARD SKIMMERS

Card skimming theft can affect anyone who uses their credit or debit cards at ATMs, gas stations, restaurants or retail stores. A skimmer is a device installed on card readers that collects card numbers. Thieves will later recover and use this information to make fraudulent purchases. Skimmers can usually be spotted by doing quick visual or physical inspections before swiping or inserting a card.

[forbes.com]

TheoryNumber3 8 Feb 6
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This has been going on for years. This happens at public cash machines and gas pumps. If you use one firmly grab the reader, pull from left to right and pull hard towards you. It very well will come off revealing the actual reader underneath it. Don't use cash machines in stores or even restaurants, only in banks. Don't pay at the pump, take the time to pay at the register. If you have a gift card, use that if you are forced to pay at the pump.

Yep, nothing new here!

I never knew about it. These crooks are so technologically savvy they could make the world a better place if they weren't such assholes.

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