Pulled This Out of A Gas Pump Today

jaysonstuart · 08-17-2016, 07:42 PM

I work as a pump tech and was servicing a pump that wasn't reading credit cards. Opened it up to find this lovely little skimmer inside.

That bright red plug is suppose to be plugged into the top of the card reader. the black thing with the ribbon cable is the skimming device.

danvillekidd · 08-17-2016, 07:53 PM

Makes me wonder who put it there....another pump tech, station employee, or other thieves. I wonder how long it would take to break into a pump to place it? Any way you look at it, it is scary to think that those could be in any pump anywhere as you would never see it.

jaysonstuart · 08-17-2016, 07:56 PM

The keys to access the pump are sold on Ebay. It's a standard key for all Gilbarco pumps.

So yeah it really could have been anyone.

chuckie669 · 08-17-2016, 08:16 PM

That's scary. I always thought it would be more obvious

witenite · 08-17-2016, 08:28 PM

Damn! That is scary. Guess it gives me another reason to start using cash for everything.

jrhagen · 08-17-2016, 08:39 PM

Use your card inside the station at the register, problem solved.

witenite · 08-17-2016, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by jrhagen

Use your card inside the station at the register, problem solved.

That's true.

Royal Tiger · 08-17-2016, 09:29 PM

Things like this and identity theft should be minimum 10 years in prison. No parole, no probation, just hard time. ****ing degenerate wastes of oxygen & carbon.

Ryanbabz71 · 08-17-2016, 09:38 PM

I'd theft sucks went through this earlier this year. Every step of the way I felt like the criminal. I would like 5 mins with the thief

Ryan

SynergyGreenSS · 08-18-2016, 12:36 AM

Just imagine how many people swiped their cards through that.. If someone wants money they should make their own and not take it from people who have earned it..

bpang1234 · 08-18-2016, 12:51 AM

I use a CC with a comparably low limit for daily use and just pay it up monthly for this reason.

1KillerSS · 08-18-2016, 02:26 AM

I got my pin number stolen by that same scam, took 500 bucks out of my checking account. Thankfully Bank of America gave me my money back.

A little piece of advice, use your debit card as credit, instead of debit, so you don't use your pin number, all you do is your zip code.

jrhagen · 08-18-2016, 02:46 PM

Say someone steals my identity and I catch them using a credit card with my name on it linked to my SS#. If if kill that person would it be murder or suicide? It can't be murder because I would be killing myself and it wouldn't be suicide as I would still be alive.

sherob · 08-18-2016, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by jrhagen

Use your card inside the station at the register, problem solved.

LOL!!!!! If you really think that, you are just as easy to get scammed as the millions of others that have had their CC's swiped from Wendy's, McD's, Burger King, Target, BestBuy, Sears, and the list goes on... the lone employee who has a pocket skimmer is just as easy if not easier to swipe your card data as the skimmer in the pump.

Cash is King!!!!

08-17-2016, 07:42 PM	#1
jaysonstuart Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Albany, OR Posts: 685 View My Garage	Pulled This Out of A Gas Pump Today I work as a pump tech and was servicing a pump that wasn't reading credit cards. Opened it up to find this lovely little skimmer inside. That bright red plug is suppose to be plugged into the top of the card reader. the black thing with the ribbon cable is the skimming device. Attached Images

08-17-2016, 09:38 PM	#9
Ryanbabz71 Drives: 2018 Hyper Blue 1SS 1LE Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Brownsburg, Indiana Posts: 6,231 View My Garage	I'd theft sucks went through this earlier this year. Every step of the way I felt like the criminal. I would like 5 mins with the thief Ryan __________________ Ryan * 2018 1SS 1LE Camaro Hyper Blue Metallic Car Build: http://www.camaro6.com/forums/showth...0#post10049680

08-18-2016, 12:36 AM	#10
SynergyGreenSS Drives: 2011 2SS Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Arlington, Texas Posts: 1,333	Just imagine how many people swiped their cards through that.. If someone wants money they should make their own and not take it from people who have earned it.. __________________ 2011 SS L99 LSA Supercharger, BTR Stage 3 PDS Cam, Yank 3200SS, Weapon X Stage 2 intake, LSA Heads, Flex Fuel, Ported throttle body, Speed Engineering Headers, NOWEEDS, ZL1 fuel pump, DSX AUX Pump, ID-1050X injectors, 3” pipe to NPP mufflers, 3.91 gears

08-18-2016, 12:51 AM	#11
bpang1234 You can only YOLO once. Drives: '16 2SS & '15 Subaru Forester Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Albany, OR Posts: 1,677	I use a CC with a comparably low limit for daily use and just pay it up monthly for this reason. __________________ 2016 Camaro 2ss -Summit White / Ceramic White -8A, NPP, MRC, Ceramic White package plus knee pads, black bowties. -1st Car to have the "full" SEMA High Performance Graphics kit from 6LEDesigns. -1st Car to have the 6LEDesigns Blade Spoiler. -Borla S-Type w/ custom H-Pipe -Procharger P-1X Stage 2

08-18-2016, 02:26 AM	#12
1KillerSS Too much is never enough! Drives: AGP TT SS [COTW] 4/20/15 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 4,149 View My Garage	I got my pin number stolen by that same scam, took 500 bucks out of my checking account. Thankfully Bank of America gave me my money back. A little piece of advice, use your debit card as credit, instead of debit, so you don't use your pin number, all you do is your zip code. __________________ AGP TT kit, 54/57 Forged rotating assembly, Custom grind cam... Dual nozzle meth, ID850's, Livernois dual fuel pumps, ECS BAP, 25% UDP, 3 inch Magnaflow catback with X pipe, Mantic 9000 clutch, DSS 1000hp axles, DSS aluminum driveshaft, ZL1 rear end, solid subframe bushings, HE differential offset bushings, BMR Trailing arm, BMR toe rods, Lingenfelter LNC-2000,SJM Line Lock. 747 whp 714wtq *Build thread* http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...55#post8107855

08-17-2016, 07:53 PM	#2
danvillekidd 2013 ZL1 Drives: 2013 ZL1 m6 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Avondale AZ & Indy will always be home Posts: 870 View My Garage	Makes me wonder who put it there....another pump tech, station employee, or other thieves. I wonder how long it would take to break into a pump to place it? Any way you look at it, it is scary to think that those could be in any pump anywhere as you would never see it.

08-17-2016, 07:56 PM	#3
jaysonstuart Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Albany, OR Posts: 685 View My Garage	The keys to access the pump are sold on Ebay. It's a standard key for all Gilbarco pumps. So yeah it really could have been anyone.

08-17-2016, 08:16 PM	#4
chuckie669 Drives: 2011 ss Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: E-TX Posts: 764	That's scary. I always thought it would be more obvious

08-17-2016, 08:28 PM	#5
witenite Drives: 2010 2SS non RS Join Date: May 2014 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,253 View My Garage	Damn! That is scary. Guess it gives me another reason to start using cash for everything.

08-17-2016, 08:39 PM	#6
jrhagen Banned Drives: Camaro Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: USA Posts: 2,701	Use your card inside the station at the register, problem solved.

08-17-2016, 09:29 PM	#8
Royal Tiger Account Suspended Drives: 2013 2SS/RS Convertible Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 3,873	Things like this and identity theft should be minimum 10 years in prison. No parole, no probation, just hard time. ****ing degenerate wastes of oxygen & carbon.

08-18-2016, 02:46 PM	#13
jrhagen Banned Drives: Camaro Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: USA Posts: 2,701	Say someone steals my identity and I catch them using a credit card with my name on it linked to my SS#. If if kill that person would it be murder or suicide? It can't be murder because I would be killing myself and it wouldn't be suicide as I would still be alive.