The 'green eye' card slot show in the video is actually designed like this in order to make it harder to hide a skimming device in the slot. It doesn't help th

The 'green eye' card slot show in the video is actually designed like this in order to make it harder to hide a skimming device in the slot. It doesn't help though, ATM skimming is just so lucrative that they can easily spend a couple of thousand dollars on a skimming device. It pays for itself after less than a day of 'deployment'. Thats also the reason why removing a skimmer by yourself is always a _very very_ bad idea. There is a good chance that the owner of that device is very close. If its a non-wireless skimmer (like most of them are, only few have GSM or bluetooth) the criminal has to retrieve it to collect his loot. If he doesn't, he'll looses thousands of dollars. You might get stabbed for this. Better alert the authorities and let them handle it. As somebody already mentioned, Brian Krebs has many very interesting posts about skimming technology, like this one about a similar skimming device: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/12/pro-grade-3d-printer-made-atm-skimmer/ http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/12/pro-grade-3d-printer-made...