With more purchases being made by use of credit and debit cards, Monmouth Police Department Investigator Josh Kramer reminds cardholders to look for skimming devices:
“Skimming is the credit card device on your pay pumps your overlay devices at gas stations where they are skimming your credit card, debit card numbers and ultimately, they get sent out to people. These are big, organized crime units that do this. Just be cautious of where you use your card. If you are paying at the pump, give the slide a little yank and if there is an overlay on it, you will pull it off. The other thing to look at is that all pumps have the sticker of integrity on them, if that sticker has been removed or is upside down, or not right, go to a different pump because they have even been able to access the inside and put devices on the inside of the pump to collect information.”
