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EBT card skimming is on the rise -- a common scam where fraudsters place a device on a retailer's point-of-sale machine to copy EBT card information. Card skimmers look like a normal part of the...
To steal EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer) numbers, fraudsters have been practicing a method called “skimming." This happens when a fraudulent device is placed on the card reader to steal your ...
With skimming, thieves use a device to steal the card number and PIN off of someone else’s EBT card. The cards are designed to work like debit cards but don’t have the same built-in ...
When a card gets swiped through a reader, the skimming device reads and stores the card information, which the scammers can use to encode onto a duplicate card and drain folks of their much-needed ...
Fraud and theft involving food stamps have become so rampant in recent months that some recipients want to hold government agencies legally responsible when benefits are stolen. Among the ...
Last year, for example, the Connecticut Department of Social Services issued a warning to residents who receive SNAP and/or cash EBT benefits to protect their cards from skimming scams that have ...
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Skimming devices look similar to regular card readers, though the FBI notes that it can be more convex while real readers are concave. Scammers may also install small cameras to track people’s ...