Watsonville Police & Jake Reiner find more gas station skimm

also in watsonville — we told you last week– how thieves were stealing “credit card” information at the gas pump! ### today — officers were out checking more gas stations— for the small, hidden devices, known as “skimmers!” 3 let’s go to central coast news reporter jake reiner—live in watsonville… ### jake— last week, when you were inspecting these pumps yourself, you found a skimmer!!### and this time, you found another one?? 3 i’m here at gomez gas and automotive where last week i found a skimming device in this pump after the owner opened it up…police have found more around town and today you won’t belive what we discovered at this very same station…another skimmer hidden in that pump over there! 3 ?trt1:2611-1950-55outcue:to be vigilant and check constantly…:?i went with watsonville police detectives as they scoured the city in search of these…police say these skimmers steal your credit and debit card information including pin numbers…18:19:24–det. charlie bailey”well since the last time we met we gotten several reports from consumers reporting fraudulent charges popping up in southern california.”i went back to gomez gas and automotive where we alerted police last week to a skimming device. check out what we found again! this time in a different pump…8:19:59 “we’re up to…confiscated four then we found one earlier today with you.”police sent out a letter with pictures of the skimmers warning business owners like adan gomez to be more vigilant–18:21:09″it’s important to not only get this out to the public but also educate the business owners who are being affected by it.” this woman has fallen victim twice…18:08:34″it’s happened twice in the last couple of years..once in salinas and i believe the second time was in watsonville.”each time carroll yurkovich said the thieves made purchases of 100 bucks in southern california while she was on the central coast. because of it she’s had to change her methods…18:08:27 “yeah i use cash because it feels safer.”so far watsonville police have made no arrests…and detective say they don’t have the man power to sift through thousands of hours of surveillance footage 18:23:50″these people are probably not from this area, probably from out of the area and to make an identifications on the video would be extremely difficult.”so for now..it’s about teaching businesses to be vigilant and check constantly… 3 3 constantly…vigilant and check businesses to be about teaching so for now..it’s about teaching businesses to be vigilant and check constantly… 3 live: watsonville police say you should try and pay with cash as much as you can…because you never know which pump may have a skimmer inside.. 3