
How crooks use skimmers, shimmers to steal your money at ATM
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Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson shows you everything you need to know about credit card and debit card skimmers and shimmers — and how to keep yourself safe.
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Skimmers are fake card readers that can be installed on top of legitimate card readers and steal data from every person who uses the card reader. These can be found on ATMs, gas pumps and nearly any other card reader device out in the public. Breaking into an ATM is no easy feat, so thieves typically put skimmers on top of the already-existing card reader.













