Be careful of that ATM machine! | Blogging.la

by David Markland

Be careful of that ATM machine!

April 9, 2009 at 5:00 pm in Crime

Consumerist.com reports that a “card skimmer” was recently found on a local Chase/WaMu ATM.

Skimmers are little doodads that fit over the card slot, look like they belong there, but end up capturing your card number as you slide it into the machine. Some skimmers even have a tiny camera that record the keypad as you enter your pin number. Ahh, the wonders of technology!

Feeling paranoid? You should be. For more on how skimmers work, and how to spot one, check out The Consumerist.

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Tammara

whoa! thanks for the heads up David. What a pain.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=570295114&ref=name Dave Share

“ATM Machine” = “Automated Teller Machine Machine”

Sorry, but a HUGE pet peeve of mine.
http://www.twitter.com/VictoriaLane Victoria Lane

I encountered a skimmer last year at a 7 Eleven. I didn’t know it at the time. But it was an enormous mess to sort out. What I also found odd was that the clone of my card ended up in NYC.

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