A video has resurfaced on how to spot the still-popular ATM Card Reader scam.
Ben Tedesco posted the video of himself finding a skimmer while he was at an ATM in Vienna, Austria, and it was viewed more than 23 million times on YouTube.on Reddit where it amassed more than 30,000 votes and prompted viewers to write about their experience with the devices.
"Authentic card readers are robustly manufactured, meaning if any part of the card reader can easily move around, then it's probably been installed illegally by a thief," the piece bystated."If the buttons on an ATM's keypad are too hard to push, don't use that ATM and try another one." In his video, Tedesco showed the card reader at the ATM and pointed out the glue that lined the outside of it.
"This is very well made, you can see it's an exact replica," Tedesco said, before warning the woman at the machine next to him.
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