Police warn of credit card 'skimming' at gas stations

Utah police investigators said crooks have installed electronic "skimming" devices at 180 gas stations from Salt Lake to Provo in an attempt to steal bank card and pin numbers.

“The skimming device is actually located inside the gas pump,” said Sandy Police Sgt. Troy Arnold, who estimated that hundreds of people used the pay-at-the-pump device at the 7-11 store located at 2185 East 9400 South in Sandy without knowing crooks had installed an electronic device inside pump. The “Skimmer” copied card and pin numbers giving the criminals free access to the victim’s bank accounts. “What they were able to do is to place a secondary pin pad inside this gas pump,” said Arnold.

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