Security

Colorado police find skimmers on ATMs, gas pumps

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October 24, 2023

Financial crime investigators are warning residents of Colorado Springs, Colorado of skimmer devices found on gas pumps and ATMs in businesses in the area, according to a report by KOAA News.

"They attach a device that will read the electronic data from your credit card or your debit card as you put it into the machine. It gets transmitted usually by Bluetooth now to the third party bandit who then can use all that information to clone credit cards and make online purchases and do a whole variety of things with that information," Lt. Owne Scott of the Colorado Springs Police Department said in the report.

At times, criminals are drilling holes in the contactless payment screens, which forces customers to swipe their card, and then steal their data.

Police recommend checking for unknown Bluetooth signals with your phone when using a pump and to use pumps closest to the store.