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Insert Skimmer + Camera Cover PIN Stealer

Summary: Police in Hurst, Texas released photos of an ATM skimmer found last month at a drive-up bank ATM, built from a hidden camera fixed to the underside of a fake lens cover over the machine's own security camera and angled at the PIN pad. The camera was paired with an insert skimmer, a wafer-thin, usually metallic and battery-powered device fitted inside the card acceptance slot so it cannot be seen from outside; footage showed what appears to be a young woman affixing the camera, driving a blue Ford Expedition with silver trim on the lower portion.

What you should know: The scammers want the PIN, not just the card, so they can create an exact copy and use it at another ATM to empty a checking or savings account - and at drive-up machines, where the PIN pad is often too high or too low to reach, far fewer people cover their hand while entering it.

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Data Breaches
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