A couple of years ago credit card skimmers had a field day on unprotected gasoline station credit card readers here in Midland, Texas. But they seem to have moved on. Where to? San Antonio, at least for the time being.
See Records: 11 credit card skimmers found at San Antonio gas stations in April:
This month's tally is significantly less than the previous month. In March, police found 25 credit card skimmers around town.
In the first four months of 2019, police have found and confiscated 72 skimmers total in San Antonio.
This crude device was in a photo that accompanied the San Antonio Express News article.
Meanwhile, the FDIC lists four common skimming devices, as follows:
Card-reader overlays
Hidden cameras
PIN-capture overlays, and
Fake ATM faceplates
About all the consumer can do is watch out for anything suspicious looking.
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3:55 PM 5/14/2019
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