The devices were located at multiple convenience, discount, and grocery stores.
Fairfax County’s Police Department is warning holiday shoppers to stay alert about credit card skimming devices. A team of FCPD detectives and U.S. Secret Service agents recently conducted a countywide skimmer-detection operation. Authorities investigated more than 100 Fairfax County locations and recovered 20 credit card skimming devices.
FCPD says that credit card skimming devices “are often small, discreet, and designed to blend in seamlessly with legitimate card readers. They can be found at ATMs, gas pumps, and even self-checkout machines.”…