Re:Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM Skimmers
by timo555 on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @09:11PM
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Another low-tech thing I have done to protect myself is I have physically cut the numbers off my cards with scissors. My name and expiration date are still there. This way when I pay at a restaurant in the US and the card is out of my sight I don't worry about someone writing down the card details. So far not a single business has refused me when I hand them my modified card with the numbers cut off.
Re:Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM Skimmers
by memco on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @09:21PM
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Some companies issue their card without the numbers written on them so I don’t think it’ll be concern.
Re:Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM Skimmers
by db48x on Thursday September 15, 2022 @10:56AM
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Although you will be out of luck in the very rare situations where the merchant has to fall all the way back to a completely offline transaction on paper. Usually they use a little plastic roller device that impresses the number onto carbon paper to reduce errors, which is why they were embossed rather than printed in the first place.
Lastly but most importantly, covering the PIN pad with your hand defeats one key component of most skimmer scams: The spy camera that thieves typically hide somewhere on or near the compromised ATM to capture customers entering their PINs.