Card skimming picture via Gizmodo
I honestly had never really heard of this until this week, but it seems that every day there’s a new article in gadget and consumer news about card skimming. Card skimming is a con where people retrofit ATM machines with hidden cameras to read your credit card numbers when you slide your card in. The mini cameras can be hidden behind plastic fittings that look like the usual ATM casing, inside information boxes, and any number of other spots. Sites like the Consumerist and Gizmodo are recommending that you give any ATM machine a look over before you slide in your card.
A few articles on card skimming:
- Credit Card Skimming: How thieves can steal your card info without you knowing it (via NetworkWorld)
- Rogue’s Gallery of ATM Skimmers (via Consumerist)
- Attack of the Card Skimmers: It’s Happening Right Here, Right Now (via Gizmodo)
- A Man Finds an Actual Card Skimmer in the Wild, in the Flesh (via Gizmodo)
- Credit Card Fraud – Skimming (via Wikipedia)
Tags: atm, cons, consumerist, fraud, gadgets, gizmodo, money, online, scams, security
