Tag: PIN pad

USPS: Watch out for payment device tampering

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The Postal Service wants employees to keep an eye out for skimmers — small, hard-to-detect devices that fraudsters place over credit card readers to steal information. USPS recently discovered a skimmer attached to a payment device at a retail site in Great Lakes Area’s Gateway District. The skimmer was placed on top of the PIN…

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Postal Service: Beware Stamp Kiosk Skimmers

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The United States Postal Inspection Service is investigating reports that fraudsters are installing skimming devices on automated stamp vending machines at Post Office locations across the United States, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Earlier this month, I began hearing from sources in the banking industry about fraudulent debit card activity on cards that were all recently used…

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