by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 25, 2024 | Scam of the day
Recently, it was disclosed that skimmers were found on credit card processing equipment at the grocery store Ocean Mart in Roy, Utah although skimmers are appearing on credit card processing equipment in increasing numbers around the country. Skimmers are small...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 23, 2024 | Scam of the day
Regular readers of Scamicide are certainly familiar with skimmers which are devices installed on ATMs as well as credit and debit card processors that steal information from credit and debit cards thereby enabling criminals to use that information to make charges on...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 10, 2020 | Scam of the day
Skimmers are small electronic devices that are easily installed by an identity thief on gas pumps, ATMs and other card reading devices. The skimmer steals all of the information from the magnetic strip credit card or debit card used which then permits the identity...
by admin | Aug 15, 2018 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about security issues with ATMs for many years, primarily related to “skimmers” which are devices installed by criminals on ATMs that read your card and use that information to ultimately steal from your bank account, a problem that...
by admin | Mar 7, 2018 | Scam of the day
According to recent statistics of FICO, the company that created the credit scoring system used by banks and others to measure credit worthiness, debit card fraud increased by 10% in 2017 which came on the heels of an even more astounding 70% increase in 2016....
