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Skimmers Rig Door Instead Of ATM
Last week, a customer in Long Beach, New York, discovered a skimmer attached to the outside of a local ATM branch instead of on specific machines. We’ve talked a lot about being wary of any suspicious...
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ID Theft Ring Placed Skimmers In Taco Bell, Stole Cards From Gym Lockers
Credit card skimmers aren’t just on ATMs and in grocery stores, apparently they’re at Taco Bell. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports that a ID theft ring was busted for skimming credit card numbers at...
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Video: Guy Installing Skimmer On ATM
LiveLeak has posted surveillance video footage from earlier this month of a guy in Brazil installing a skimming device onto a bank ATM. The second half of the tape shows him being arrested and...
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You Can Buy Used ATMs On Craigslist
Even if you always look for skimmers and hidden cameras when you use an ATM, you still might be a victim of identity theft if the ATM is later sold on eBay or Craigslist. A data security expert in...
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Card Skimmer Shows Up On 7-Eleven Gas Pump
Just when you thought it was safe to fill up your car while filling yourself with a Big Gulp, a credit-card skimmer has turned up on a gas pump at a 7-Eleven in Vancouver, WA. The skimmer didn’t affect...
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Gas Station Credit Card Skimmers Were Siphoning $20k Per Day
Police have made arrests connected to a gas station credit card skimming ring that was bilking Northern California drivers for $20,000 a day, reports the Sacramento Bee. 11 credit card skimmers, loaded...
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Bank Of America Technician Turned ATM Into Free Money Machine, Stole Over...
A former BoA IT worker has agreed to plead guilty to installing malware on the bank’s ATM machines in order to withdraw money whenever he felt like it, reports Wired. According to the plea agreement,...
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Debit Card Skimmer Found On Train Ticket Dispenser
Be careful, travelers, skimmers aren’t just for ATMs. Here’s one a Dutch guy found on a local train ticket machine. This is even a little bit more insidious than an ATM skimmer because busy passengers...
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Skimmers Found Installed Inside Gas Pumps. Inside!
If you’re the type of person who already reflexively jiggles every card slot and looks for pinhole cameras whenever you go to swipe your card, despair. There is no 100% foolproof way to protect...
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Secret Service Says ATM Card Skimmers Are More Popular Than Ever
Even though consumers are more aware of ATM card skimmers, which record customers’ account data with the intention of using it to make fraudulent purchases and withdrawals, the...
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Tiny Bluetooth Gas Pump Skimmers Are Here To Gobble Your Credit Card Info
(Krebs on Security) In the above picture, on the left you see a brand-new credit/debit card for gas pumps. On the right is the same device with a card-skimming device placed in the conveniently empty...
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Scammers Distract Cashiers, Install Skimmers On Nordstrom Cash Registers
Keyloggers are devices that plug in between a keyboard and computer, and they have perfectly legitimate uses. For example, let’s say that you suspect one of your employees is writing “Sherlock” fan...
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Shell Still Trying To Figure Out That Anti-Skimmer Sticker Thing
Credit and debit card skimmers are a menace that might discourage consumers from using ATMs and pay-at-the-pump devices at gas stations. That’s why seals that show everyone whether a pump has been...
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Tiny Bluetooth Card Skimmers Will Make You Hug Your Debit Card
It’s probably not a good idea to use your debit card at the gas pump. Not because we have anything against debit cards, but because we’ve learned of yet another group of criminals who planted invisible...
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Card Skimmer Discovered On Payment Kiosk In NYC Subway
Whenever I’m in New York City and load up a MetroCard at the train station kiosk, I give the card readers extra scrutiny and think to myself, “such a high-volume spot would be a great place to install...
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Watch Out For Card Skimmers On Post Office Kiosks
Automated Postal Centers (APCs) are kiosks that are available when post office lines are too long, the service counter is closed, or you want to avoid bothersome human interaction. They’re set up very...
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More Tiny ATM Skimmers That Will Haunt Your Wallet’s Nightmares
Would you notice a tiny ATM skimmer that hides just inside the card slot and slurps up your personal data? The European ATM Security Team, a not-for-profit organization that tracks ATM-related crime in...
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Can ATM Operators Beat Skimmers By Simply Rotating Card Readers 90 Degrees?
One example of a skimming device that’s been ripped from an ATM. Diebold thinks that changing the orientation of a machine’s card reader will help stop skimming. (photo: Aaron Poffenberger)For decades,...
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Watch Suspected Scammers Install And Harvest Data From ATM Skimmers
Skimmers are devices that very bad people attach to unattended credit card readers such as bank ATMs, public transit kiosks, post office kiosks, or gas pumps. They capture card numbers, and sometimes a...
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Card Skimmers Still Found On Bank Lobby Card Readers
Alert Consumerist readers know to check ATM card readers for signs of skimmer attachments, PIN pad capture devices, and video cameras to avoid having ATM skimmer crooks drain your bank account. Yet...
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