Skimmers Rig Door Instead Of ATM

Last week, a customer in Long Beach, New York, discovered a skimmer attached to the outside of a local ATM branch instead of on specific machines. We’ve talked a lot about being wary of any suspicious add-ons at the ATM, but in this case the criminals were collecting card info as people swiped to enter the building—although they still had pinhole cameras set up to record PINs next to each keypad.

Update: Here’s a screencap of the page, for those readers fortunate enough to not live anywhere near a Dolan.




“Police find skimmer on Long Beach ATM” [News 12 Long Island] (Thanks to Betsy!)
(Photo: Rennett Stowe)

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