atm skimmers

An unusual investigation of non-bank automated teller machines in Massachusetts has found more than 300 ATMs operating without a license, and another 101 legal ones doing business despite various violations among their owners. Non-bank ATMs are typically located in convenience stores, service...

Even if you're picky about the ATMs you frequent, you can still become a victim of identity thieves who install difficult-to-detect devices known as skimmers on machines to steal your information, the Better Business Bureau recently warned. ATM skimmers are stealing an estimated $1 billion...

Thieves are getting more sophisticated with the way they're using ATM skimmers to steal your bank account number and password. Now they're using wireless data transmissions and keypad pressure-sensing devices that make it much more difficult for law enforcement to track them down. Used for years...

A ski mask, a gun and a getaway car -- used to be, that's all you needed to pull off a bank robbery. But nowadays, that's so old school. In what's becoming an increasingly common practice, if you're planning to rob a bank, an ATM skimmer is the way to go. And as terrible as it is for customers,...

Consumerist reports that within the space of a few days, three readers across the country have spotted "skimmers" grafted onto the card slots of their local ATMs for WaMu and Chase banks. Are these devices on the rise?Skimmers, in case the term is new to you, are teeny electronic devices that can...