skimmers
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Thieves Skip The Skimmer And Steal The Whole Damn ATM Instead
If you wanted to take advantage of an ATM, you might equip it with a skimmer, a device which captures electronic information from people’s cards and uses it to siphon away money. Two thieves in Pennsylvania, however, decided to go another route and rip the whole damn machine out instead.
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There’s Been A Rise In Almost-Invisible Card Skimmers
Be careful where you put your card. The ATM manufacturer NCR has recently issued an alert to banks, warning them that there’s been a rise in the use of “deep insert skimmers,” which hide inside cash machines and are virtually impossible to spot.
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You’d Never Spot This Skimming Device Found At A Supermarket Checkout
Skimmers have been growing ever more advanced in recent years. Do you think you’d be observant enough to notice that this checkout front-plate was about to gobble up your card details?
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The Latest Super-Thin ATM Skimmers Are Virtually Unspottable
Just like consumer tech, criminal tech advances in leaps and bounds — and none more so than the ATM skimmer. Now, the kinds of skimmers being used are so slim and small that you’ll never see them — and their battery life means they last an age too.