Police find fourth “skimming device” on gas pumps

watsonville today, a police detective showed me this skimming device used to steal your information when you insert your credit card at the pump…i checked a couple of gas stations in the city, one owner unlocked one of his gas pumps and then, something crazy happened 3 *trt:1:27 outcue:but he did say he is glad i found the device,:* 8-13 20-2414:58:43 – charlie bailey- wpd “essentially what the criminals are doing is duplicating your credit card” how? with a hidden skimming device 14:58:03 – charlie bailey”skimming device is actually able to capture the credit card information as well as pin numbers”the target? those easy pay credit card machines on gas pumps . shot of inserted credit card –police say while cards are being swiped in watsonville, purchases are being made with those card numbers in southern california15:04:14 “these are sophisticated criminals, they’re picking locations that they know aren’t monitored 3 by surveillance cameras” locations like gomez gasoline and automtive…i asked the owner to open up one of his pumps…and look what we found–nats: is that a skiimming device?.we checked every other pump, one by one by one–they all looked the same…i called and told watsonville detective charlie bailey that i’d found what looked like the skimming device he showed me at the police station.and when bailey showed up.here..he confirmed what i had suspected…and quickly booked the device into evidence..detective bailey told me criminals will often physically remove the card reader or download the information via bluetooth…to get customers’ card numbers. 14:59:04 “charges range anywhere from anywhere from 60 dollars we’ve seen up to 150 dollars”and though gas customers here used “pump 9” all day, the owner of gomez gas wasn’t phased…15:25:11 me: are you nervous or scared? him: no, me no nervous, no scared”but he did say he is glad i found the device, 3 after the watsonville police department offered me a job, detective bailey said he plans to assemble a team of officers to check every gas station in watsonville. as of tonight, no arrests have been made. in the newsroom jake reiner your central coast n 3 3 pacific grove was hit with a string of “skimmers” in both 2012 and 2013! last march, police found 2 on pumps at the “76 station” o forest avenue. in that case, the devices were being accessed by thieves through bluetooth. 3