Would You Have Spotted the Fraud?
Summary: A skimmer found on December 6, 2009 attached to a Citibank ATM in Woodland Hills, California, hid its electronics in the flap below the card slot and used a tiny pinhole camera to record customers entering their PINs. Krebs notes that some skimmers sold on criminal forums are sophisticated enough to send an SMS text message to thieves whenever a new card is swiped.
What you should know: The device was a professional job that fit the ATM's contours, and forum-sold skimmers with SMS alerts let thieves keep collecting card data without ever returning to the machine.
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