Subway Rider Spots Crafty Credit Card Skimmer

An eagle-eyed New York City subway rider has spotted and removed what turned out to be a rather sophisticated credit card skimming system from the front of a MetroCard vending machine.

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According to New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) City Transit, an unidentified rider discovered the device at New York's 59th Street Columbus Circle subway station late Thursday. It consisted of a credit card skimmer placed over the vending machine's official card reader and — here's the ingenious part — a credit card camera situated just above the vending machine Read more...