Who's Swiping Your Card?

My local NBC news station did an investigatie report on credit card readers and the growing concerns that these readers are being used to steal your credit card information -more often than you know about. For an eye-opening story read the below article and watch the video.

NBC 6 Investigates Credit Card Skimming

Millions of us do it every day. Fast food. Pay with a credit card. And move on.

But credit card skimming, when a cashier records your number by secretly swiping it through this device, is now anywhere credit cards are used. read more

To see the video of newscast: click here

It's been a growing concern as investigators continue to find that identity theft ring leaders hire so-called skimmers or better known as "runners" to find jobs in restaurants or places that will give them the best access to YOUR personal information.

Danny Schechter the producer/director of the compelling movie -In Debt We Trust reports on this in today's StopTheSqueeze.com Newsletter.

CREDIT CARD SCAM SYNDICATES TARGET SOUTH AFRICAN WAITERS -Danny Schechter

With the festive season approaching fast and the 2010 World Cup getting ever closer, credit card skimming syndicates are targeting cash-strapped and drug-hungry waiters at top restaurants...read more

For more info on protecting your personal information from "RFID" readers -see an earlier blog of mine;
Will Radio-Frequency ID Technology Affect You? In all likelihood -yes!