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‘Tis The Season To Be Skimming…

In a novel twist on card skimming, a car park in New Zealand has been subjected to the fraud with an estimated 100,000 people being effected. While we are used to being warned by cashpoint machines to look out for anything dodgy, this is the first time that something other than a cashpoint machine has been used for the scam. (We should distinguish here between skimming devices and changes in hardware ROMs, which was the method used for the petrol station scams a few years back.)

As more local pay and display carparks get the ability to pay by credit card, you should now be on the lookout for strange looking credit card machines. A quick search on Google images will show you that the skimming devices can be tough to spot, but they are not perfect. If you use a device regularly, then you should be able to spot if it changes – and if you are really worried, then just use cash!

Unfortunately the Holiday Season doesn’t mean its also a holiday for the cyber-criminals, this is their busiest time of year, so take a little longer to look at things and protect your information.

Guy Bunker

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