Green Skimmers Skimming Green
Summary: ATM makers have added green or blue semi-transparent anti-skimming casings to card slots, and skimmer scammers in Ireland and elsewhere have built their devices to look exactly like them, with a small plastic lip at the top housing the skimmer's electronics. A source close to the investigation said identical skimmers were found on ATMs across Ireland, and a 33-year-old Moldovan man was arrested in Limerick in connection with attacks authorities called part of a global ATM fraud operation.
Key Takeaway: The control meant to stop skimming is now the disguise: a Russian seller on at least two carding forums offers a battery-operated fake anti-skimmer for several thousand dollars that he claims holds a charge for about three days, and Krebs found one attached to an NCR ATM in Costa Rica with the only other machine at that bank out of order to steer customers to it.
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