Credit Card Skimming Devices Exposed
Credit card skimming is big business. Sometimes it happens when you hand your credit card to a service person who takes it to a remote location to be processed but more often than not, skimming victims helped the thieves all by themselves.
They place a device on ATM machines, gas machines and even Redbox video rental machines that fits right over where you put in your credit or debit card. They often do it so well that the device will stay in place for days before anyone notices. Read more
Check Washing: What is it?
Check washing is a little known identity theft trick that annually defrauds the system of just under 1 billion dollars. It is a very low risk form of identity theft for the person committing the fraud and it is easily blocked in several simple ways.
First, let’s take a look at what it is and how it is done.