Credit card ‘skimming’ crimes on the rise l GMA

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
  • Criminals can pull credit card information from the magnetic strip on the back of the card by deploying overlay terminals over an existing card reader, officials warn.
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  • @leticiamal91
    @leticiamal91 Год назад +2268

    Gas stations should make checking the credit card machines once or twice daily an employee task.

    • @eckankar7756
      @eckankar7756 Год назад +103

      absolutely...and when a pump is opened it alerts staff inside...good point

    • @---ob7yj
      @---ob7yj Год назад +60

      Gas station clerks already do this or at least have been advised too for like the past year or two

    • @AestheticChino
      @AestheticChino Год назад +53

      Some not all stores are somtimes in on it!

    • @kathyholmes5348
      @kathyholmes5348 Год назад +25

      it is. but I guarantee they skip doing it

    • @LCx829
      @LCx829 Год назад

      The gas station attendants are lazy af.

  • @Mr19thcenturyman
    @Mr19thcenturyman 11 месяцев назад +97

    Caught on camera and still pleads "not guilty". Lying should be another charge.

    • @AyeBeeG
      @AyeBeeG 3 месяца назад

      If your attorney says no guilty then that’s what your doing

    • @robsartori5394
      @robsartori5394 3 месяца назад

      ​@@AyeBeeGNo. You fire that idiot attorney

    • @FrankWolenczak
      @FrankWolenczak 3 месяца назад

      @@AyeBeeG Still caught on camera. That lie would get busted in seconds once him and his lawyer mouthpiece see the time stamped tape

    • @HarshOutcome
      @HarshOutcome 3 месяца назад

      Hes trying to get a plea deal ​@FrankWolenczak

    • @Razi7s
      @Razi7s 22 дня назад +1

      In law defense not guilty only means they must prove you are guilty and that you are not admitting it on your own without investigation.

  • @dianachavez3700
    @dianachavez3700 Год назад +729

    Caught red handed but “….pleaded not guilty” 😂😂😂

    • @bustosberenice
      @bustosberenice Год назад +50

      My thoughts exactly 🤦‍♀️😒🙄

    • @moniquemckenzie800
      @moniquemckenzie800 Год назад +23

      It could have been someone else, let's not jump to conclusions 😂 ... No, seriously. I was watching an episode of the first 48 and they were interrogating a guy who shot a woman. They were watching footage caught CCTV and they were like soooooo... This isn't you? And he kept denying it. Even though he was wearing the same t-shirt and jacket, I mean it was amazing..

    • @Zoolama34709
      @Zoolama34709 Год назад

      Our country and society has lost it’s mind! This is why we need to bring back Capital punishment into the government!

    • @Kamone111
      @Kamone111 Год назад +17

      He’s Delusional!

    • @ameliatribeofissachar7311
      @ameliatribeofissachar7311 Год назад +4

      Right 😂😭😂

  • @itstayayg193
    @itstayayg193 Год назад +552

    My heart trully hurts for the senior folks who barely get by and simply not aware of these thefts.

    • @HK00088
      @HK00088 Год назад +6

      Aww❤

    • @intercityrailpal
      @intercityrailpal Год назад +1

      If you don't have any money using a credit card is just stupid. It's other people's money you will pay. I go in to the bank for cash and pay cash at the store. No big deal. Some stores give a cash discount but you have to ask.

    • @mulan7015
      @mulan7015 Год назад

      They barely get any jail time you can steal millions from banks and only get 7 years and people get killed for less, for stealing a big screen TV

    • @alia1824
      @alia1824 Год назад +5

      Seniors should be banned from owning credit cards for their own good! Also be banned from walking on streets

    • @conheo4
      @conheo4 Год назад

      Hahaha

  • @melroze
    @melroze Год назад +725

    So it cost consumers $1 billion dollars annually, and yet when these scammers are caught they get a slap on the wrist. Why should they stop?

    • @yumyummarbles
      @yumyummarbles Год назад +8

      sir it says it costs financial instutions AND consumers means most of these charges were rectified. the damage i guess is in your credit scores if it was a credit card. But theft is theft, I'd rather someone steal from me like this than confront me with a gun and possibly killing me.

    • @AsinT.
      @AsinT. Год назад +19

      america for you

    • @SamaelMoneyStein
      @SamaelMoneyStein Год назад

      @@yumyummarbles lol you sound like a moron

    • @yumyummarbles
      @yumyummarbles Год назад

      @@SamaelMoneyStein and you sound like a retarded siblings for parents jew

    • @switchdeck9164
      @switchdeck9164 Год назад +10

      @yumyummarbles Guess what the financial institutions don't pay the lost funds you do in the form of fees that will continue to increase if theft rises.

  • @Noctessa
    @Noctessa Год назад +151

    I work at a credit card call center and seriously the rise in fraud is unprecedented. It's the majority of my day helping account holders deal with fraudulent transactions.. scary

    • @dontbanmebrodontbanme5403
      @dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 Год назад +2

      Hopefully, you're educating these callers to only use the chip when making purchases and not to swipe or tap. Those two methods can be captured.

    • @jonlj77
      @jonlj77 Год назад +4

      It’s a big pyramid scheme.
      Do them a favor and tell them to use cash.
      Can’t be tracked or hacked.
      Safest method of payment there is.

    • @Noctessa
      @Noctessa Год назад

      @@jonlj77 and be out of a job?? If one is educated and smart about usage, credit is very powerful.

    • @jonlj77
      @jonlj77 Год назад +3

      @@Noctessa
      For people is more of a risk. Every time your info and social sec# get put into some companies “system”, who knows who gets to it some day.
      Signing up for an app and all this other horse shit is a super high risk.
      One day the whole ship Gona sink.

    • @cianp4460
      @cianp4460 Год назад

      @@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 Thats not entirely true but still good advice 👍

  • @2TMarie
    @2TMarie Год назад +560

    His suggestions of "feel the skimmer, if it doesn't feel right, don't use it." How about reporting it instead of letting another person fall victim to it....Duh!

    • @shaggydawg5419
      @shaggydawg5419 Год назад +12

      I'm sure the vendor would stop using them once they find out there's a skimming device. You can't catch them all before someone falls victim. That's what the tips are for.

    • @BigtimeBigA
      @BigtimeBigA Год назад +11

      We’ll considering the skimmer would be over the credit card slot on that pump and not the keypad feeling the numbers would be zero help.

    • @FreshlySnipes
      @FreshlySnipes Год назад +4

      I frequently look at the machines before I scan my card. I’d suggest you do the same thing while you wait for every criminal to get arrested.

    • @Jimmyxsx
      @Jimmyxsx Год назад

      Use apple pay or samsung pay, its more secure

    • @HiThisIsMine
      @HiThisIsMine Год назад +7

      I saw the security tape at the gas pump torn one day, moved to a different pump and also went inside to report it. Not sure if they took it too seriously, but I can hope.

  • @lemontea128
    @lemontea128 Год назад +79

    “Just move on to the next terminal“ how about notifying a employee and have them take a look so the next person who uses it won’t be the next victim

    • @Malepical
      @Malepical Год назад +3

      A lot of the times the employee is in on it smh

    • @lemontea128
      @lemontea128 Год назад

      @@Malepical if they’re on it, why is it not removed…smh

    • @Malepical
      @Malepical Год назад +3

      @@lemontea128 can't tell you.. I've seen videos where someone discovers it and the employee tries to get them out the store or stop recording.. usually gas stations or convenience stores

    • @rogerrosen2323
      @rogerrosen2323 11 месяцев назад

      the reporter makes it seem its all over the skimming and to check the machine its not dosent hurt to check

    • @eb7027
      @eb7027 2 месяца назад

      Yes people never swipe your card at a gas station or convenience store. Those places all have skimmers because the employee is not always aware of the front counter or the gas pump

  • @streetlegalsprintcar
    @streetlegalsprintcar Год назад +79

    Super glue a small lego to the outside face of the skimmer so that the mold fitted skimmer case doesn't fit.

    • @eckankar7756
      @eckankar7756 Год назад +16

      GREAT idea!!!!!!

    • @TheLucidSpecter
      @TheLucidSpecter Год назад +7

      You’re going place bro

    • @VeroBeachNYJets
      @VeroBeachNYJets Год назад +1

      Want to know what’s funny… I do this for a living and that would totally work. Especially if it’s randomly placed. It would force me to alter the metal/plastic shell, which would be too random to replicate properly. Too bad most of us use deep insert style skimmers which are impossible to see. It may slow you ever so slightly as you insert your card but people never realize. What they didn’t mention here is the deep insert skimmers require a separately installed camera to capture your pin… the exception are credit cards where we assume the area zip codes so it doesn’t matter but for atms it’s a must. The Cameras are placed usually in light fixtures or the molding above the keypads. The downfall is the camera requires a shitload of battery life so we only get 48 hoursish of footage. Then we have to recover it and the skimmer for the info to sync the photos and skimmed card data. There are some boss scammers who use Bluetooth for the skimmer but no one around me has made the camera that’s a BT enabled set up. We travel all over the US so people are never safe. Businesses and banks closest to main roads or highway exits are king. We also use RF readers to gather chip information in crowds but no one yet (around me) has made a RF skimmer, but someone will make one eventually. Good luck people, the more you know… the hustle continues.

    • @streetlegalsprintcar
      @streetlegalsprintcar Год назад +1

      @Mitch M lego, any piece of plastic would defeat a desired tight molded fit. Harder type of plastic like CD MUSIC CASE plastic is better. Low temp thermal plastics like DVD cases or milk jugs plastics aren't the best for this idea.

    • @nameisprivate5429
      @nameisprivate5429 6 месяцев назад +3

      Our local gas station has these stupid fuzzy sticker pets stuck to his machine. I once asked why he had them there and he laughed and said “not cuz I like how they look, that’s for sure. They can’t put a skimmer on top of that”. I don’t fuss about the lil fuzzy guys anymore lol.

  • @amya9597
    @amya9597 Год назад +92

    My credit card information was stolen and the police said most likely from a skimmer. I was notified by my credit card company when my card info was used in New York the same day I purchased a pizza in another state. What’s sad is anytime you hand over a credit card or give the information, your at risk. My husband’s grandmother’s credit card information was stolen by an employee with a satellite company for tv service. Crazy world we live in.

    • @Anonymouse428
      @Anonymouse428 Год назад +21

      Yeah, this really bothers me. I work for a small nonprofit that hosts events and we sell our tickets online. A lot of the older folks don’t like buying online because they don’t trust it, so they call in and buy the tickets over the phone from me. What they don’t understand is that not only am I just buying their tickets online for them (it’s the only way to do it) but afterwards the computer always asks me if I want to save their credit card number for future purchases. I always say no, but it makes me worry about how easily I could just have all their information. They don’t realize that it might actually be safer for them to just make the purchase online themselves. (I mean, they are safe with me, but if someone less honest were helping them.)

    • @amya9597
      @amya9597 Год назад +7

      @@Anonymouse428
      Yep, good point!

    • @Joseph-eh4rs
      @Joseph-eh4rs Год назад +6

      @@Anonymouse428 Right, I didn't think of the nuisance phone call transaction. That's probably worse than using website and I can at start verify the online website is SSL encrypted.

  • @_Renee2
    @_Renee2 Год назад +294

    Be careful at self-checkouts too. It’s happening in the grocery stores too.

    • @emotion_gfx
      @emotion_gfx Год назад +15

      What? Seriously? Okay.

    • @Itsnotavailable
      @Itsnotavailable Год назад +8

      i use cash only 💀 only clowns put their money in the banks and use cards

    • @_Renee2
      @_Renee2 Год назад +17

      @@emotion_gfx yes, one of my neighbors received an alert from her credit card company approving a 2nd purchase roughly 15 minutes after she had received her alert from purchasing her groceries.

    • @Sufferingsassafrass
      @Sufferingsassafrass Год назад +6

      I’m curious if using cards with embedded chips are better than the swipe ones?

    • @LCx829
      @LCx829 Год назад

      Omg that seems like the perfect place. Thank you 🙏

  • @dontbanmebrodontbanme5403
    @dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 Год назад +619

    There's one HUGE piece of information this story didn't mention. Skimming only works with the magnetic strip part of the card. The chip can't be skimmed, because it generates a one time use code every time it's used. Translation: only use the chip when making purchases and you'll be safe. Don't use the swipe method. Don't use the tap feature either, because that uses NFC and can be picked up by someone near by. Use the chip and you're good.
    For the few places that ONLY have swipe technology, you should either 1. pay in cash or 2. simply go somewhere else.

    • @MachineGunPepe
      @MachineGunPepe Год назад +36

      @L D A lot of places like grocery stores and Walmart still don't accept the tap and pay. Which is bs but it's true. Had to figure out the hard way when I lost my card recently only gas stations like Shell accept it and Target did nowhere else.

    • @jaywholoveseveryone1721
      @jaywholoveseveryone1721 Год назад +32

      @@angelmegatraveler Nah. Tapping means the signal/info can be _picked up_ ANYWHERE there's a 'catcher' around.

    • @bigrod359
      @bigrod359 Год назад +28

      @@jaywholoveseveryone1721 no when you tap to pay it generates a one time code it’s not the same as using swiping your card

    • @barbeedoll122
      @barbeedoll122 Год назад +20

      Why should we believe you ? You could be a skimmer scammer too!!!

    • @EthicalHackingTeen
      @EthicalHackingTeen Год назад +31

      Incorrect. Chip card data can be cloned and encoded to be reused on a cloned chip card. Chip cards are not dynamic as that would require chip readers to rewrite data back to the card as new data for the next transaction. The chip data on the card is there regardless and can be cloned very easily. Good point on the NFC transactions, as those can be picked up easily.
      I use a privacy card at times, and other times I use a prepaid (Chime, Varo, etc.) and load what money I need on it for weekly spending. The rest goes into savings not tied to any cards.

  • @raylegend808
    @raylegend808 Год назад +158

    That’s why I yank on all credit card terminals 😂

    • @priscillas4722
      @priscillas4722 Год назад +9

      😂😂 I don’t trust any of them! 🤨

    • @sjacqVO21
      @sjacqVO21 Год назад +3

      lmao great minds think a like

    • @verajones9158
      @verajones9158 Год назад +7

      Exactly even in the banks!!

    • @amya9597
      @amya9597 Год назад

      Lol, same

    • @milliereese6579
      @milliereese6579 Год назад +2

      I said that’s exactly what I’m going to start doing.

  • @Mutable_PageOfCups
    @Mutable_PageOfCups Год назад +59

    If you frequent fast food drive thrus this happens a lot as well. Only when going through the drive thru when handing your card to the employee. A lot of employees are the ones with the card scanners.

    • @rogerrosen2323
      @rogerrosen2323 Год назад +1

      i doubt it the worst is the food money stolen i lost and social service wont give back seems they made a law we have lost most till next month i got a new card and pin some stores have a small thin card reader and less likely to skim seems you just have to watch and change your pin we arent worried banks are lsing and people with money they get oaid back no food people dont do that theyd be caught and arrested sometimes clerks will steal money

    • @vengeful8gaming776
      @vengeful8gaming776 Год назад

      Isn't it more apparent at gas pumps now with chip to Bluetooth receiver?

    • @rogerrosen2323
      @rogerrosen2323 Год назад

      i dont think a chip card csn be duplicated maybe they get the info but wuld it work on a non chip card maybe they can use it online w the stolen info but the billing wouldnt match@@vengeful8gaming776

  • @SuperStar-jr3nu
    @SuperStar-jr3nu Год назад +198

    This happened to me at an AutoZone in my area. I think an actual employee placed the reader. I reported it to the management but they did nothing. Next time, I'd report to the FBI.

    • @DonutVIP
      @DonutVIP Год назад +5

      Nah just take it and destroy it, calling the cops gonna be a waste of time, see what that dude plea? When he was caught right handed

    • @1990758
      @1990758 Год назад

      True

    • @jimdoe3288
      @jimdoe3288 Год назад

      FBI won't do anything... they would rather watch Epstein videos

    • @limen7679
      @limen7679 Год назад +2

      There is no financial incentive for most businesses to deal with this issue.

    • @sphincterlicker69
      @sphincterlicker69 Год назад +8

      Just take anything you want in the store. The law doesnt punish criminals.

  • @Yourcommentisretarded
    @Yourcommentisretarded Год назад +38

    As a construction worker I'm outraged he disguised himself as a construction worker 😁

  • @RockieC1
    @RockieC1 Год назад +135

    Watch out for the cashiers they are in on this too. Also watch at gas stations if u used your card at the pump someone else will pull up right after u to try and get your info

    • @1990758
      @1990758 Год назад +8

      So true some of them are

    • @janeclayton151
      @janeclayton151 Год назад +28

      Employees are sometimes the biggest thieves too. One photocopied my check years ago and used the check info to go to my bank and try to take out 900 bucks. The schemer even had my signature down somewhat but the bank teller got a bad vibe from her and asked her questions and said she would talk to the bank manager. They pulled the photo and we discovered she worked at the hair salon where I went to.

    • @jaywholoveseveryone1721
      @jaywholoveseveryone1721 Год назад +2

      @@janeclayton151 wOw! This is so f**king scary. My sister was in the hospital giving birth and found fraudulent charges on her card. The girl at the bank was the one doing it. They fired her but she just went to another state and continued on.

    • @gghhhhhhhhb8161
      @gghhhhhhhhb8161 Год назад

      @@janeclayton151thank goodness for that! Never leave your card with someone else out of view!

    • @benedictcumberbatch4275
      @benedictcumberbatch4275 9 месяцев назад

      So what happened?

  • @echung168
    @echung168 Год назад +43

    I remember hearing about this happening at gas stations years ago. The major tip I heard about was look for the security tape that is there. If it's disconnected/cut then it probably was tampered with. Obviously, it's not a 100% safeguard but it's a sign if it's been messed with.

  • @eksbocks9438
    @eksbocks9438 Год назад +123

    In some countries, people lose their hands for doing this.

    • @uncapabrew4807
      @uncapabrew4807 Год назад +12

      Eks Bocks Should do all countries!

    • @PoloMoney
      @PoloMoney Год назад +4

      Slow down, Gestapo

    • @scubasteve0739
      @scubasteve0739 Год назад +7

      These people need to be taught a lesson

    • @sean2015
      @sean2015 Год назад

      @@PoloMoney as long as you don't steal you won't have anything to worry about

    • @benedictcumberbatch4275
      @benedictcumberbatch4275 9 месяцев назад

      A lot of people in this world do.

  • @AR-cw4he
    @AR-cw4he Год назад +31

    We all need to check ourselves at all times. I don’t trust the owners/employees either.

  • @priscillas4722
    @priscillas4722 Год назад +94

    Well, now I’m going to be suspicious of construction workers in pairs! 😂

    • @abbieC88
      @abbieC88 Год назад +3

      For real! Like wtf 😳

    • @b.l.8611
      @b.l.8611 Год назад +1

      Usually construction workers have identified company names on their hard hats or vests. SOP for most companies.

    • @glee_again2594
      @glee_again2594 Год назад +2

      And may look like they work and aren’t in clean cut “YMCA” gear. 😂

    • @asiandavidp
      @asiandavidp Год назад +5

      You can tell those guys are fake. Not even a single dirt or wear and tear on the safety vest

    • @sflo985
      @sflo985 Год назад

      Using the construction vest to commit crimes is also on the rise. Don't trust just anybody wearing a vest, verify they're legitimate.

  • @scarlamackey2669
    @scarlamackey2669 Год назад +25

    I don't swipe my card ANYWHERE without pulling on the card reader first! I do it in front of people so if something was to get captured ... There are witnesses!!

  • @laratheheavy
    @laratheheavy Год назад +28

    Why not treat these crimes like real crimes and give them serious jail time….non of this slap on the wrist crap…treat it like robbing the bank…because thats essentially what they are doing

  • @bowblues7146
    @bowblues7146 Год назад +13

    Also beware the ATM’s inside hospitals!!! It happened to me.

  • @popinfresh
    @popinfresh Год назад +44

    I didn’t know people were still using the swipe feature. I see them everywhere, but I only see customers tapping or using the chip reader.

    • @stephaniemckelvy4934
      @stephaniemckelvy4934 Год назад +7

      Not all cards have that feature

    • @Sufferingsassafrass
      @Sufferingsassafrass Год назад +9

      SNAP cards have the swipe only and here in Oregon, a single mom has has her benefits stolen TWICE now by skimming.

    • @aznmochibunny
      @aznmochibunny Год назад +7

      I work in retail. Most people use tap to pay (like Apple Pay) but there are people who still prefer to insert the chip. Certain cards unfortunately are also swipe or insert only, especially SNAP/EBT.

    • @swiatekx3
      @swiatekx3 Год назад +2

      Always use Apple pay

    • @miketech79
      @miketech79 Год назад +1

      They need to remove the mag strip. Inserting the card into a reader to read the chip likely gives the reader the information on your mag strip too.

  • @jjn6914
    @jjn6914 Год назад +21

    I wish they would've shown us how to distinguish skimmers rather than explaining briefly.

  • @daydreamc5079
    @daydreamc5079 Год назад +189

    I don't care if I look rude, I pull on those card readers HARD to see if theres a cover

    • @1990758
      @1990758 Год назад +10

      Lol

    • @beardedbeast9606
      @beardedbeast9606 Год назад +12

      Me too. I don’t care!!

    • @corenecarter7934
      @corenecarter7934 Год назад +5

      What do you mean “pull” on the card reader? Is that a way to tell if someone is scamming? What would I look for?

    • @josephrichardson4678
      @josephrichardson4678 Год назад +11

      To see if it comes off..

    • @lot5953
      @lot5953 Год назад

      I have been doing that actually except inside the stores that have employees monitor the area

  • @diannerussell9653
    @diannerussell9653 Год назад +13

    This is why I still prefer old fashioned cash. 🌟

  • @gavinhuang4521
    @gavinhuang4521 Год назад +30

    Court - "we have you on camera placing the device"
    Criminal " Not guilty"
    lol

  • @BigDawg369
    @BigDawg369 Год назад +27

    Sometimes the merchants are in on the crime. I found a gas pump had been tampered with at a Shell gas station in my area. I went in to report it to the merchant. They came out and looked at it and said there was nothing wrong with the pump. However, the seal on the pump had been broken and there was a small screw in the pump cover that was protruding. None of the other pumps were like that and before I noticed the problem, I tried to use the pump but it wouldn’t recognize my fuel rewards cards which is what made me look closer at the pump. None of the other pumps were in that condition and the other pump I ended up using recognized my fuel reward card, seal was intact and didn’t appear to had been tampered with. The attitude and dismissiveness of the merchant made very suspicious! Which I conclude to mean that they may be in on some of these crimes!

    • @peytonyep
      @peytonyep 11 месяцев назад

      Lol gas station employees aren’t getting access to skimmers they we’re definitely just being lazy and didn’t want to deal with it lol

  • @Rose.1400
    @Rose.1400 Год назад +33

    Last year we were driving back from Jersey to Florida. We happened to be in Virginia rest stop. I went to go use the vending machine and I pulled on the card reader and the whole entire thing just opened right up I could have had anything I want it for free but I closed it back up.

  • @Batya-Grace
    @Batya-Grace Год назад +30

    I’m a cashier and am thankful that supermarket checks all the credit card machines every hour.

    • @rogerrosen2323
      @rogerrosen2323 Год назад

      as someone sais a chip cant be hacked but ebt can linked to anetwork we lost our food money for a month may not reimburse uless law is forced not yet so no chip on ebt nys lost 700k ckients in dollars

    • @rogerrosen2323
      @rogerrosen2323 Год назад

      all new cards have chips so dont see where they are used just food catds dont only strip so maybe some cards like gas cards dont have chip yes my target card has strip

  • @countryvita
    @countryvita Год назад +16

    WAIT !!!!!! Where are these thieves getting the “SKIMMER” ???? Who makes these “SKIMMERS”??? Why aren’t those COMPANIES that make the “SKIMMERS” getting arrested? …..That could put an end to these crimes!!!!!

    • @scorpiotx3184
      @scorpiotx3184 Год назад +4

      My thoughts exactly! Where are they getting the skimmers from is my question. You're right about the fact that it could put and end to the crimes if investigators would start with the companies making them.

    • @wtfisonyouface
      @wtfisonyouface Год назад

      They are taking genuine parts from credit card readers and repurposing them, making them look legitimate, with software to hold information until they can get ahold of it and transfer it, usually by taking it off a usb or wirelessly. It's not what you're thinking, rather they purposefully reverse engineer the technology to make these. It's no ones crime except the scammers.

    • @spacecowboy8295
      @spacecowboy8295 Год назад +1

      @@scorpiotx3184 it’s not a big company that makes this it’s most likely sold from a dude with a 3-d printer

    • @mikejohn0088
      @mikejohn0088 Год назад

      Did you ever hear of the small countries called China and India?

  • @hellyenjones9464
    @hellyenjones9464 Год назад +18

    This is why I use cash 95% of the time.

    • @rogerrosen2323
      @rogerrosen2323 Год назад

      i had my food card skimmed one of many debit credit no it has a chip

    • @rogerrosen2323
      @rogerrosen2323 11 месяцев назад

      credit is ok the skimming isnt at all machimes just check the machine a chip card i donr see how can be reproduced

  • @thaintriguing1
    @thaintriguing1 Год назад +12

    I was at the gas station today and was upset that the app wasn’t working so I had to swipe my card; this is the main reason why I don’t like using my physical card. Before swiping, I checked the card reader. Sad days we’re living in.

  • @rosegold799
    @rosegold799 Год назад +77

    Those who do this evil, I wish the same happens to them and I believe in karma.

    • @Anymous578
      @Anymous578 Год назад

      And when it dose I pray their account gets drained every single dollar and every cent that belongs to them

    • @benedictcumberbatch4275
      @benedictcumberbatch4275 9 месяцев назад

      No karma bud. Ppl get away with things everyday without punishment. Justice only exists for those who have the power to enact it.

    • @benedictcumberbatch4275
      @benedictcumberbatch4275 9 месяцев назад

      Even got scammed myself and Miami PD said they probably wouldn’t do anything about it even though they had the home address of the people who committed the fraud.

    • @mick20075
      @mick20075 8 месяцев назад

      If you believe in karma then why is the world a mess 😂😂😂 clearly they don't get what they did
      Yall delusional

  • @you2angel1
    @you2angel1 Год назад +42

    Yep, I whip down my credit card machines at The Home Depot every day. I do this firstly for sanitation reasons for myself and the customers, secondly to make sure the device is running properly.
    I've already done my career job as a Graphic Designer and know what it's like to have hard earned cash ripped off. So even though The Home Depot is a part time gig for me I try to take care of my community by trying to take care of my store.

  • @ericlaroza2485
    @ericlaroza2485 Год назад +23

    Judge: Is that you in the camera?
    Suspect: Yes
    Judge: How do you plead?
    Suspect: Not guilty

  • @Scratchingforcash
    @Scratchingforcash Год назад +3

    “Allegedly” “suspected” while they have them on camera doing it. Pleads “Not Guilty” while showing him do it. Here’s a thought, start sending these scumbags to prison for 20 years and stop giving them probation. It’s almost like the Government wants them out of jail.

  • @jonlj77
    @jonlj77 Год назад +4

    This is why when your at McDonald’s drive threw you use cash. Don’t hand them your cc.
    Cash is the most secure form of payment there is.

  • @MrCiaranm
    @MrCiaranm Год назад +31

    The magnetic strip on credits cards was supposed to be abolished years ago. That is the info that is "skimmed". Skimmers can clone the card with an identical mag strip and use it where the point of sales system accepts a mag strip. Chip readers, and most of those are contactless today, cannot be "skimmed". Most of the world abandoned mag strips, the US keeps postponing the mag strip deadline. Not sure why that is, but it would stop this crap instantly.

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      @internet2055 Год назад +1

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    • @artsXart
      @artsXart Год назад +2

      It is because of the expense of changing out the legacy readers combined with reconfiguring all the cards to be chip only. A study concluded that the fraud is actually cheaper to pay than to reconfigure the entire systems to prevent it. This is why it will be a slow walk to chip everything - hackers will also be more creative with gaining access to chip data.

    • @grayisgood
      @grayisgood Год назад +1

      I imagine it's the same reason why we do everything: somehow it's helping the wealthy corporations make more money from us. Fixing it would cut profits somehow.

    • @MrCiaranm
      @MrCiaranm Год назад +2

      @@grayisgood I am sure the actuaries at Visa and Master Card have figured that the point of sale replacement cost is higher than the cost of skimmed cards. Not in their math is the frustration and lost time of the consumer who has to deal with CC down time and hours on the phone. Until that tips in favor of replacement, we just have to deal with occasional cloned cards.

    • @mikejohn0088
      @mikejohn0088 Год назад

      Not sure why that is, but it would stop this crap instantly. _____Here's why:
      Another road paved for designed theft thereby creating another justification for digital currency.

  • @classicredwine
    @classicredwine Год назад +8

    This is why I despise companies that don’t accept tap to pay-I’m looking at you KROGER 😑

  • @YellowPaint100
    @YellowPaint100 Год назад +26

    Now THIS... is some good reporting 👍👍👍

  • @augustusandrew8018
    @augustusandrew8018 Год назад +5

    This is why I check the machines before I use my card, especially outside at the pump.

  • @joeldriver3971
    @joeldriver3971 Год назад +71

    This is why I use cash pretty much for everything. Some group of criminals from overseas somehow managed to put a skimmer on my BankofOklahoma ATM here in Oklahoma City back around 2018 and they even got my gosh damn pin number! They were able to get about $1500 in Dallas, TX before the bank caught it and called me and I verified that I was not in Dallas so they shut my account down. The bank had to eat the $1500 so it didn't cost me anything but that was pretty damn shocking they were able to do that.

    • @angel-ij4xv
      @angel-ij4xv Год назад +3

      this is why i stay away from credit cards

    • @user-ms3jz7ub7n
      @user-ms3jz7ub7n Год назад +10

      Sorry that happened to you. The only downside to carrying lots of cash is that you may get mugged!

    • @angel-ij4xv
      @angel-ij4xv Год назад +2

      @@user-ms3jz7ub7n yes that to

    • @MissTopDJ007
      @MissTopDJ007 Год назад +1

      Exactly

    • @dr.rickbooty
      @dr.rickbooty Год назад +3

      A thief once stole my wallet. Bad news for the thief because I stay broke. $0 on my card. I know he (or she) was mad after trying to make a purchase with my card.

  • @MrHandsomeferny
    @MrHandsomeferny Год назад +7

    This is so frustrating! I was once at a 7-11 and was stolen $400 from my credit card. It showed in my bank statements 😐

  • @cheddartheshibainu3287
    @cheddartheshibainu3287 Год назад +6

    Yup someone somehow just got my CC info and used it in Queens while I happened to be at Florida.
    They’re also getting better with phone scams. Be careful people!!!

  • @OmniAtom
    @OmniAtom Год назад +10

    This feels avoidable. Stores, gas stations, etc. should ask that employees simply check their POS after each interaction.

    • @rogerrosen2323
      @rogerrosen2323 Год назад +1

      what about food ebt money stolen from poor and may not reinburse you even though laws now i lost ebt in coltado im in new york

    • @ClassifiedDocz
      @ClassifiedDocz 11 месяцев назад +1

      What if it’s employees ?

  • @tommccarty2570
    @tommccarty2570 Год назад +15

    they should make it a mandatory for businesses to upgrade their old pos

    • @wturner777
      @wturner777 Год назад +1

      Tell that to Walmart and Sam's Club. They still haven't added the tap features.

  • @FreshlySnipes
    @FreshlySnipes Год назад +9

    This is why I stopped using my debit card. My accounts have been hit multiple times. I always use credit cards now so they steal the banks money, not mine.

    • @wturner777
      @wturner777 Год назад +4

      You get better protection and better perks using a credit card than a debit card.

    • @FreshlySnipes
      @FreshlySnipes Год назад

      @thomasdunn-ic9dm that doesn’t even make sense

  • @rhettjanes1056
    @rhettjanes1056 Год назад +5

    That's Why everytime I go to use my debit card or credit card I always pull on the card reader to make sure it doesn't pop off.

  • @winthropbaker5494
    @winthropbaker5494 Год назад +2

    I have yet to hear of one frickin conviction for this crime!!!!

  • @TravisDoesKayakFishing
    @TravisDoesKayakFishing Год назад +31

    Before swiping the card, see if the face pops off. You don't feel them. You grab it and tug it. If it's fake it will pop off but you have to give some effort.

    • @emotion_gfx
      @emotion_gfx Год назад +3

      Where should I grab and tug? Or it doesn't matter where?

    • @TravisDoesKayakFishing
      @TravisDoesKayakFishing Год назад +4

      @@emotion_gfx Right where the side plastic has the groove. They snap down.

    • @1990758
      @1990758 Год назад +1

      What if you pull on it and you break it.

    • @TravisDoesKayakFishing
      @TravisDoesKayakFishing Год назад +12

      @@1990758 Then you have gone too far.

    • @finallygoated2361
      @finallygoated2361 Год назад +2

      @@TravisDoesKayakFishing😂😂

  • @loganhawkins6486
    @loganhawkins6486 Год назад +5

    Switch to mobile pay or use a virtual debit/credit card like privacy. A lot of mobile payment methods use a one time virtual cc number for that specific purchase. If the signal is captured it cannot be reused. Or just use cash.

  • @jjbdbd8279
    @jjbdbd8279 Год назад +8

    That’s why Big banks are about to have digital wallets

  • @__1201
    @__1201 Год назад +2

    One other tip: There's a sticker seal on gas pumps that you can check where the machine is opened. if that sticker is damaged or broken, don't use the pump and notify the gas station attendant.

  • @barano9729
    @barano9729 Год назад +14

    I know people from both sides of the industry. Sometimes the retailers knows about it or is actually in on it. Whenever feasible please use the “tap” system.

  • @willcookmakeup
    @willcookmakeup Год назад +2

    How do they get the data later? Like is it just transmitting it somewhere or do they have to go back and retrieve it after people have used it

  • @bcbjbggjh9102
    @bcbjbggjh9102 Год назад +3

    i'm also going through this as we speak. I have a case with my bank right now. My card got skim and they took $1500 from my account. Never will i use my atm card again, i will be using credit card only .... smh ... never thought it happen to me but it did... smh ..

    • @Iris-zq5mq
      @Iris-zq5mq Год назад +1

      Happened to me 7 years ago. Since then, we only use our credit cards and learned how to maximize our cash back from it at the same time. All credit cards are paid off either biweekly or monthly so makes the cash back really worth it 👍

  • @paulm5458
    @paulm5458 Год назад +2

    Criminal’s have nothing to fear. The punishment needs to be severe enough to deter criminals.

  • @cassandrawestgate5775
    @cassandrawestgate5775 Год назад +5

    Who do these people think they can get away with it when there is a camera literally right in front of them?

    • @grayisgood
      @grayisgood Год назад +1

      Because they can. Fact.

  • @chefbrooklyn5140
    @chefbrooklyn5140 Год назад +1

    How about build a alarm that will go OFF when the systems are tapered with w/o entiring a code?

  • @Phar2Rekliss
    @Phar2Rekliss Год назад +10

    Need to look for attached items above the keypad too. They are putting thin objects that look like the mirrors or look like atm machine surfaces above looking down at the keypads. above that look at your card numbers and watch you type your pin number in from above. They don't have to skim the stripes no more.

  • @vampyretime177
    @vampyretime177 Год назад +3

    Or you could start suing Amazon for selling those devices.

  • @dannaharbor8054
    @dannaharbor8054 Год назад +5

    I say everyone should pass this information on to their friends and family also posted on your Facebook page try to make everyone aware ASAP

  • @ricardon8869
    @ricardon8869 Год назад +1

    That’s why I always tug hard asf when I go put gas

  • @essebug1066
    @essebug1066 Год назад +6

    Sleezy! So this is why I use cash! I love seeing how everything is starting to come full circle.

  • @tamikadaniels6556
    @tamikadaniels6556 Год назад +5

    Also be careful when swiping your card at fast food restaurants and things.
    I had one guy in the drive thru at Taco Bell try to scan my card with his cellphone.

    • @scorpiotx3184
      @scorpiotx3184 Год назад +3

      You're absolutely 100% right! People gotta be careful at the drive-thru nowadays. Unfortunately, sleezy crooks do this everyday. Good thing you're aware, stay safe.

  • @LTilli313
    @LTilli313 Год назад +9

    Can they scan even if u use the chip? I don't understand bc he says to use the tap option, which I use whenever available, but he just talks about swiping a card.

    • @RyanGlobus
      @RyanGlobus Год назад +2

      Chip is *much* safer than magnetic stripe - use chip if you can.
      The chip generates a unique code for each transaction, so skimming the chip is not very useful for scammers.

  • @SB-lh5ju
    @SB-lh5ju Год назад +3

    Gas stations and convenience stores should check machines daily and Make it part of their responsibility

  • @andrewliu2526
    @andrewliu2526 Год назад +5

    You should never use a credit card to pay for gas in the first place. The price tends to be higher than cash. You're getting robbed either way.

    • @lordt78
      @lordt78 Год назад

      You get points tho.

  • @debragreer8210
    @debragreer8210 Год назад +9

    Such a deceitful society this world has become 🥺

    • @vicdog4440
      @vicdog4440 Год назад +2

      Thankfully, there are still a small handful of countries that are not as slimy as this one has become.

  • @6time686
    @6time686 Год назад +5

    Beautiful... their fingerprints are all over them.

  • @marypettiford4569
    @marypettiford4569 Год назад +3

    How is this so easy for them to remove this piece off of the machine-crazy you can’t have anything or do anything now a days. May God Bless Us All.

  • @sistakia33
    @sistakia33 Год назад +1

    There needs to be more than one employee working at these stores!
    There needs to be cameras near these machines since they're everywhere else!

  • @GoonieLord
    @GoonieLord Год назад +4

    I wish more stores had the screen tap option its simple and easy

  • @maximusdecimusmeridius1345
    @maximusdecimusmeridius1345 8 месяцев назад +1

    How about implementing practice for convenience stores utilizing POS machines to do a daily check of the terminals/ devices to detect placed skimming devices.

  • @ejonesss
    @ejonesss Год назад +7

    i think they can combat skimmers by.
    1. make the terminal clamshell design so that you have to place the card into the machine similar to the slide roller device used in the 70s and 80s .
    advantage: you can see a skimmer , maybe even skimmer cant be placed without interfering with clamshell closure.
    2. make the terminals much bigger so it can house the mechanism used at some atms where you feed the card in sideways and it is drawn into the reader and the reading is done internally.
    3. require terminal makers to inflate the costs of the terminal really high so the criminals cant afford the terminal to practice on.
    the reason that the fake cell phone tower the stingray costs half a million and sold to police is to prevent criminals from using it to easily jam cell phones and/or learn from it and defeat it.

    • @rogerrosen2323
      @rogerrosen2323 Год назад

      most cards have chips except the food and ebt cards dont have any non chip gif cards and food catds no chip

    • @jillsipocz3582
      @jillsipocz3582 Год назад

      4) Throw the f-ing crooks in jail.

  • @Dogsrule777
    @Dogsrule777 Год назад +2

    It’s happened to me before. So invading…

  • @JessicaHeartsMakeup
    @JessicaHeartsMakeup Год назад +3

    This is why I pay all my bills online with my debit card, & pay with cash for my spending money

    • @wtfisonyouface
      @wtfisonyouface Год назад

      I don't even give my debit card information out. It is locked and sealed away in my safe. If I can't use a credit card, I re-evaluate the situation to see if cash would be acceptable. Debit cards are not insured, neither is cash. Credit cards are the safest for consumers hands down. You can get your money back in a snap because since it's debt, it is insured. Something a lot of people dont realize.

  • @rudyvaldez
    @rudyvaldez Год назад +3

    How about maybe implementing a mandatory lunch time skimmer check?

  • @Stoic-xm7uo
    @Stoic-xm7uo Год назад +11

    Overall the best way is paying with cash, most gasoline stations offer incentives for cash transactions.

    • @ashpena1
      @ashpena1 Год назад +2

      yup i always use straight cash at the gas station

    • @simonstevenson6686
      @simonstevenson6686 Год назад +2

      Or tap and pay.

    • @eckankar7756
      @eckankar7756 Год назад

      @@simonstevenson6686 why is tap and pay safer? I've no idea how to do it

    • @kelleywyskiel8513
      @kelleywyskiel8513 Год назад +3

      Except getting cash from an atm is skimmer possible too. Just pay attention and protect your information

    • @wturner777
      @wturner777 Год назад

      @@kelleywyskiel8513 Go to your bank and request a withdrawal. Problem solved.

  • @SumKnight-iw4rw
    @SumKnight-iw4rw 8 месяцев назад +1

    Would be great if security was watching the registers more than a teenager stealing lip gloss.

  • @Puzekat2
    @Puzekat2 Год назад +5

    Thank you for reporting on this.

  • @jamesburnette1850
    @jamesburnette1850 Год назад +2

    So if it feels loose move on yeah I can relate to that 🤣

  • @christopherballesteros377
    @christopherballesteros377 Год назад +3

    When I go to 7/11 I always grab the Card reader and give it a good tug/pull to make sure there isn't anything on top and at the gas station, go inside and pay

    • @1990758
      @1990758 Год назад

      I always go inside but I think they are shady to.

    • @christopherballesteros377
      @christopherballesteros377 Год назад +2

      @1990758 😂 nah but go inside and grab the card reader and give it a pull to make sure, idgaf if they look at me weird, I'm gonna make sure it's not a skimmer l

  • @Impozalla
    @Impozalla Год назад +1

    Nowadays I never swipe my credit card at any liquor store, gas stations and 7-Elevens. It is just too easy for people to skim your credit card information.

  • @lilaznkid4ever
    @lilaznkid4ever Год назад +4

    Tap to Pay

  • @mcwelder7946
    @mcwelder7946 Год назад +3

    Construction workers rarely wear there hard hats inside a store unless there is construction work in there area. Always shake hard the key pads at gas pump and pull to ensure it’s not a attached device to it.

  • @amazon4716
    @amazon4716 Год назад +1

    🤣 I like how they don't realize about the cameras.

  • @keithwilliams5600
    @keithwilliams5600 Год назад +3

    When you notice something odd about the POS terminal, NOTIFY the store employee or business owners immediately, and they can call the law enforcement agency. Don't just leave and not say anything about what you've discovered. 💪

    • @someguy9778
      @someguy9778 Год назад +1

      Call law enforcement yourself...Don't rely on store, they may be in on it.

    • @JakeStewart1343
      @JakeStewart1343 Год назад +1

      I once tried to but was aggressively forced out of the store when trying to tell the clerk what pos really stands for. 🤷‍♂️

  • @zengara11
    @zengara11 4 месяца назад +1

    Hilarious how the white dude in full display is "hard to find", meanwhile the brown dude in 350p, instantly was caught 🤣

  • @JohnDoe-fe2sp
    @JohnDoe-fe2sp Год назад +5

    It's called when the scammer gets caught put them in front of a firing squad and literally let his family watch and let them know how horrible of a human being he was and then when he dies literally let them know that's what's going to happen to them if they even think about trying to do it and let them know that they're scum bags for even calling that person

    • @mikejohn0088
      @mikejohn0088 Год назад

      Do as they do in Singapore = cane their ass 10X so they can't sit down for two months and they never repeat.

  • @Jake-fm5oe
    @Jake-fm5oe Год назад

    "Try tapping"
    Me: it still picks up my info

  • @joem8986
    @joem8986 Год назад +6

    This is why you use TAP to PAY only. easy to avoid this.

    • @dish.washers
      @dish.washers Год назад

      Your mom's the opposite. I gotta PAY to TAP. But I don't mind, she's a good woman, very respectful and cute. In fact, sometimes when I try to pay her, she won't accept it. Even tho I was tapping that, she deserves the upmost respect and is looked up on by her peers. Great woman. Finger blasted her while she looked me dead in the eyes, but she won't ever be dead in my eyes.

    • @itsnessaokay
      @itsnessaokay Год назад

      The Walmarts where I live still don't have that option...you either insert or swipe🤦🏾‍♀️

  • @randomsanwhich2
    @randomsanwhich2 5 месяцев назад +1

    Get rid of the magnetic strip!

  • @JoseRamos-ql1gv
    @JoseRamos-ql1gv Год назад +12

    Use prepaid cards, load it as you go. Never put too much money into it. Never use your personal credit cards.

    • @jeffwilliams59
      @jeffwilliams59 Год назад +1

      Personal credit cards have zero liability for the cardholder for fraud -- meaning the card holder isn't responsible -- the issuer is.

    • @mintfresh6547
      @mintfresh6547 Год назад

      Credit cards have fraud protection versus prepaid cards??????

    • @JoseRamos-ql1gv
      @JoseRamos-ql1gv Год назад

      @@mintfresh6547 Prepaids are more convenient and harder for scammers to steal for an individual. Whatever works better for you.

    • @angel-ij4xv
      @angel-ij4xv Год назад +1

      exactly i use a bluebird pre paid debit card whenever i want to buy something never going near a credit card

    • @JoseRamos-ql1gv
      @JoseRamos-ql1gv Год назад

      @@angel-ij4xv That's the best way, it's better to safe than to be sorry.

  • @empowered3206
    @empowered3206 Год назад

    Imagine pleading not guilty but ur hella guilty!! Ur face is everywhere

  • @neonpandas
    @neonpandas Год назад +6

    This is why I lock most of my cards or use digital wallets.

  • @SnwBrdnSOB
    @SnwBrdnSOB Год назад +1

    A few stores were found to be working with the store owners. Including stores like 7-11.