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Illegals Using Fake Skimmers at Self-Checkouts to Drain Consumers' Bank Accounts; Here's How to Guard Yourself

Aimee Herd : Mar 27, 2024  Fox News, NY Post

"They'll have people sitting outside a Walmart or a Target, and it looks like they're panhandling ... They are actually using Bluetooth technology that's connected to the skimmers inside the stores. So it's like a two for one, getting cash that people give them and stealing the numbers off the skimmers.” -Kimberly Edds, director of public affairs with the Orange County District Attorney's Office

[Breaking Christian News] In a Fox News video, law enforcement officer Amanda Stills from the El Cajon Police Dept. shares how thieves have been using fake skimmers to gain access to and drain consumers' bank accounts. Stills reveals how the perpetrators fit the imitation credit or debit card skimmer over the real one, and how to tell if the one you're using is fake, in order to guard yourself from theft. (Screengrab image: via Fox News)

Click Here to watch this important video. 

The New York Post reports: 

Prosecutors in California say the Romanian mafia [who crossed the US border illegally] has given a new look to an old scam—debit card skimming—by placing devices to steal personal information on self-checkout machines in grocery stores ... (Screengrab image: via Fox News)

"They'll have people sitting outside a Walmart or a Target, and it looks like they're panhandling," says Kimberly Edds, director of public affairs with the Orange County District Attorney's Office. "Sometimes they'll have a couple of kids. And they are actually using Bluetooth technology that's connected to the skimmers inside the stores. So it's like a two for one, getting cash that people give them and stealing the numbers off the skimmers."

Another way to avoid the fake skimmers is by not using the Self-Checkout (or just use cash), but it's important to be aware regardless. Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

Click Here to Watch the Fox News video to educate yourself on what to look for and how to tell if the credit/debit/EBT card skimmer you're using is real or fake.







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