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My card was skimmed at a gas station a few months back. What impressed me was the speed with which it was used. The charges started maybe 2 hours after visiting
by callmeed 12y ago
My card was skimmed at a gas station a few months back. What impressed me was the speed with which it was used. The charges started maybe 2 hours after visiting the gas station in Los Angeles. But I live 3 hours North of LA.
How are people capturing the numbers, transferring them, and (I assume) creating fake cards to use in-store so fast?
- newaccountfool 12y agoGSM skimmers are used, meaning the criminals get the details through a device on the skimmer that sends the details via text message.
- confluence 12y agoInstall blue tooth enabled skimmers. Get runners to drive around and go near hit machines, from where the data is pushed over mobile. Or maybe, the skimmers have an embedded mobile chip that pushes the data as soon as it's skimmed.
- thefreeman 12y agoThey could be connecting the accounts to some sort of mobile NFC payment system, like google wallet's "tap and pay".