Gas Pump ScamRobert SiegelNoah AdamsAndy Bowers
Chief Lewis. And, yes, scammers and placing the devices known as skimmers into the card reading portion of gas pumps to retrieve information from debit or credit cards that are used. The third skimmer was removed from a gas station pump early on Friday, April 8, according to police. Victi...
Few schemes for monetizing stolen credit cards are as bold as the fuel theft scam: Crooks embed skimming devices inside fuel station pumps to steal credit card data from customers. Thieves then clone the cards and use them to steal hundreds of gallons of gas at multiple filling stations. The ...
The linked story is… not well-written, to say the least. They call this a “scam”, when it’s nothing of the sort (merely theft based on a security exploit; no person was tricked). It also says “Paying at the pump is for chumps – when you can get gas for free – and illeg...
Evans demonstrated how to install a rudimentary skimmer in a matter of minutes. The real scam artists can make the skimmer seamless and undetectable to customers. The skimmer can hold about 1,000 credit card numbers, Evans said. The thief retrieves the skimmer and then downloads the data. ...
Scammers replace standard credit card readers with their own devices which sometimes don't fit as well into the housing of the gas pump- give it a wiggle. Check for the sticker Many gas stations have tamper-resistant stickers on the pump. Think of it as the plastic ring on a pop bottle...
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Biden's gas scam. Just a couple of days ago on Larry Kudlow I again read "gas prices are down." Even the leading minds in the economy have bought into this. But in reality, gasoline prices are not down. The whole gasoline affair is a successful con that the Biden administration has ...
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