Skimmers: Reader Finds Card Skimmer On Bank ATM

“This past weekend I went to use the local WaMu ATM to get some cash money. When I walked up to the ATM something struck me as funny…I couldn’t quite put my finger on it but the card reader didn’t look right, like it wasn’t completely attached. I grabbed and pulled at the card reader and, lo and behold, it came off! It was actually a card skimmer attached to the ATM over that actual card reader. On the back there is a battery, flash memory card, and a mini USB port – it was set up so that ATM cards would first go through the skimmer and then into the ATM itself so you’d never know the difference. Fortunately I’d seen a news story about this sort of thing a couple of years back and have been paranoid ever since.” [read more…]

[via ericmortensen]