Card Skimmer Alert
 

I was just informed that a friend of mine has his American Express card compromised @ the Murphy Gas Station on 466

Was there a skimmer found on a pump?

Yes

Shamet
 

Too bad businesses can't be held accountable for their equipment being tampered with and customers getting ripped off. Have a employee walked the pumps several times a day. Take only a few minutes.

Don't they have cameras on the pumps? I suspect most skimming are inside jobs? Seems fishy to me skimmers can open locked pump with majority have cameras on them and go undetected of days or hours? I guess skimming gets the same justice and attention as hackers. Never hear of hackers being charged let long getting prosecuted? Amazing the most advanced country in the world still has model T credit card system.:boom:

Here is how it's done.


https://www.yahoo.com/tech/watch-hac...204038233.html

Skimmers are very hard to detect an deal with and do not require inside personnel to be installed. More than you every wanted to know about skimmers can be found here krebsonsecurity dot com slash all-about-skimmers

Great video. I think I’m going to start paying inside.

Wrong! Watch the video I posted.

At least with American Express they do all the leg work for you

Why is it wrong to go inside and pay cash?

Counting today, this makes at least three different times that the Murphy station on 466 had CC numbers stolen. I've quit using that station a few years ago for that reason. Also it's important to not use a debit card, that's what the thieves are really after because the pin numbers are usually comprimised as well. With a CC you have protection, but debit cards you're usually out of luck.

Cash is the best option if you are worried about skimming but you didn't say you would use cash. You just said that you would pay inside. The video I posted was of a skimmer being placed on the CC machine inside the store that's why I said you were wrong if you thought it would be safe to go inside to pay.

If these thieves were getting more jail time maybe we would see less of it.