The skimmers can be attached to a gas pump to steal your credit card information when you pay outside. This totals to upwards of 12,000 gas pumps being checked for skimmers over Labor Day weekend.
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“I am hoping we don’t find anything”, Butler County Auditor, Roger Reynolds, said.
About 70 credit card skimmers – devices equipped with small cameras and placed inside the pump, where they take images of the consumer’s credit card information – have been removed statewide, according to Jamie Clover Adams, director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, which regulates the state’s fuel pumps. “MDARD’s Weights and Measures inspectors, gas station owners, and law enforcement remain on the hunt for skimmers to protect the state’s consumers from fraud”.
At least 30 skimming devices have been found in OH gas pumps since last October, including one in Medina County. “This is a big effort and I’m glad so many are participating in this skimmer sweep”. One more was uncovered in Fulton County.
And thieves may see this as an opportune time because lots of people are traveling and may not monitor their bank accounts and financial statements as closely and are less likely to notice fraudulent charges right away, he said.
Skimmers have not been found in either Preble and Clark counties. The devices are hidden inside gas pumps and steal motorists’ credit card information when individuals pay at the pump.
While many people will be filling up their gas tanks, Ohio’s working to make sure they don’t get scammed in the process.
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Customers not paying with cash should use credit cards rather than debit cards, he said.
