SKIMMING LATEST
June 1st, 2001
BY MONICA DOBIE, in MontrealCREDIT card fraudsters in the US and Canada are placing new kinds of skimming bugs to steal credit and charge card numbers from terminals used by north American retailers and restaurants.Cardweb, a Maryland-based payment card information network, has claimed that tiny pieces of hardware are being planted by a fraudster working in a restaurant or shop. Once installed, skimmers are programmed to go on and off at different intervals, transmitting credit card numbers to a central remote location. Because a number of devices are involved, ...
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