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Criminals Hide Payment-Card Skimmers In Gas Pumps
tugfoigel writes "A wave of recent bank-card skimming incidents demonstrate how sophisticated the scam has become. Criminals hid bank card-skimming devices inside gas pumps — in at least one case, even completely replacing the front panel of a pump — in a recent wave of attacks that demonstrate a more sophisticated, insidious method of stealing money from unsuspecting victims filling up their gas tanks. Some 180 gas stations in Utah, from Salt Lake City to Provo, were reportedly found with these skimming devices sitting inside the gas pumps. The scam was first discovered when a California bank's fraud department discovered that multiple bank card victims reporting problems had all used the same gas pump at a 7-Eleven store in Utah."
How is this shit news for nerds?
Any fucking fucking nerd has known about this tactic for decades.
People like you always popup with some indignant bs... Guess what? We're not talking to you. So keep on driving your fucking SUV to work and back from the fucking burbs.
I know you're Yank because you used the word "Britain" - no one here says that. Few people here will even claim to be British.
We laugh at the Daily Mail for blowing things up out of all proportion. It's nicknamed the Daily Fail for a reason.
I stopped reading your post after that link, sorry Yankee-doodle-dandy.
Say UK next time. We'll even let you off if you say England.
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