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Old 06-19-2014, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by buggyone View Post
I read in The Daily Sun today about skimming devices being found on a Sunoco gasoline pump in Lady Lake. These skimmers steal information from the magnetic strip on your credit card which is retrieved by the thief and used in fraud transactions.

I have always wondered why the gas station owner does not know about the skimmers. Wouldn't they check the pumps daily to see if they are tampered with? Wouldn't an employee see someone tampering with the pumps while installing or removing a skimmer? I have always suspected that some employee of the gas station is the "perp" in skimming scams.
Half the time the printer paper is out. That shows you the priority for checking the pumps.