CREDIT card skimming is continuing to hit 7-Eleven stores in the same state.
A shopper at a 7-Eleven in South Jersey was checking out when he noticed something suspicious about the store’s card reader.
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A card skimming device was found at the 7-Eleven at 6001 Westfield Avenue in Pennsauken, according to a Pennsauken Township Police Department Facebook post, reported local CBS affiliate KYW-TV.
Police are unaware of how long the device was on the machine, but are warning anyone who has purchased anything from the store to contact their credit card company and alert them that there was a skimmer.
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Card skimming happens when scammers illegally install devices at ATMs, point-of-sale (POS) terminals, and fuel pumps to take cardholders’ personal information.
This is a common way fraudulent purchases can wind up on your card.
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The problem continues to plague residents in the state of New Jersey, where a skimmer was recently discovered five miles away at another 7-Eleven store located in Cinnaminson.
Customer Ryan McFadden told KYW-TV that he could tell something was up based on the way the card reader looked at the Cinnaminson store.
“I just peeled the thing off,” McFadden said. “It came right off. I saw the pin pad underneath and I knew it was another shell that somebody had put on.”
He turned it over to the police who found it had been placed on March 22 and was attached for at least nine days, reported KYW-TV.
No charges have currently been made.
The U.S. Sun covered the crime and continues to report on other incidents of skimming across the country.
The Romanian mob in California has been linked to skimming crimes that have led to dozens of arrests.
“They’ll have people sitting outside a Walmart or a Target, and it looks like they’re panhandling,” says Kimberly Edds, director of public affairs with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, according to the New York Post.
“Sometimes they’ll have a couple of kids. And they are actually using Bluetooth technology that’s connected to the skimmers inside the stores.
“So it’s like a two-for-one, getting cash that people give them and stealing the numbers of the skimmers.”
Meanwhile, in Ohio, an international crime ring was linked to a slew of skimming incidents found at grocery stores across the state.
Skimmers around the country
Police have been cracking down on card skimmers, as more seem to appear in local stores.
- Big Y announced on Friday sharing that the stores were affected between December 19-21, 2023. A person allegedly inserted a skimming device on a single terminal at each of the 10 locations in Massachusetts.
- In January 2024, a spokesperson reported “card skimming activity” at the Star Market location at the Prudential Center in Boston
- On March 15, investigators in Schuyler County, Missouri located the sneaky device on pump No. 3 at a Casey’s in Lancaster, about 220 miles from St. Louis.
Criminals reportedly targeted the magnetic strip on the back of cards at ATMs and stores like Walmart, Marc’s, and Giant Eagle across Northeast and Central Ohio.
Victims of card skimming have reported actual fraud charges, while others had their cards locked.
A skimmer could be present if the card reader appears to be jammed or wobbly.
And if it looks different from other card readers around, with a part of the device protruding out, it may have a skimmer attached.
Swiping your card would allow a skimmer’s magnetic reader to steal the card’s information, so it’s best to tap whenever you can.
The U.S. Sun has reached out to 7-Eleven in a request for comment.
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