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- I don't pay at the pump. I never use pay at pump and never will.
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- That's why chase has the best fraud prevention system.
No amount of processing power is as fast as me. I get an alert of the transaction on my phone before my receipt is even printed. If I didn't make a purchase, I will immediately call.
But you are right with a typical take being 1000 numbers per reader, it must be on the pump a long time . Heck, it takes me more than 5 minutes to fill my car. But let's say they are packed non stop, and get 12 people at each pump in an hour, it would take 88 hours or so ( 3.5 days) to reach that number at a pump. They must empty the trash, and check the washer fluid every couple of hours. - Reply to this comment
- I would suggest anyone using a pump look at the card scammer from the side view first. Look at the pic above. It is easily discernable from the pic that there are two gadgets. The scammers do not tear off the original card reader, but simply attach another one. From the pic you can tell there are two. Again whenever you pay at the pump, simply look at the scanner from the side and do one or two of two things: inform the station owner or tear off the second scanner and destroy it (the 2nd may be risky if the scammer/owner is parked nearby and wants to get confrontational).
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- I've been ripped off by this device both at a gas station and a bank ATM. Be aware!
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- Me three
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- It's amazing that such devices are so easily available.
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- The sad thing is, if they look like the picture, it's pretty obvious that something is amiss. But I guess in our hectic world, people don't notice.
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- Why don't the employees check the pumps periodicaly. Maybe they are the ones installing them. It seems that an employee who is alert would notice someone doing this. I realize that the public has to be notified of this and other things, but it also gives people that never would have thought of it the idea and they start doing it too.
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- Now that I've researched these devices, if I find one attached to a gas pump I will pry it off and smash it to bits.
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