Secret Service agents swept 120 Jacksonville businesses to search for skimmer devices
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- The U.S. Secret Service teamed up with local law enforcement to sweep 120 businesses across Jacksonville as part of a state-wide outreach operation to take action against rampant card skimming.
Gas stations are the biggest problem
That’s why I always use cash. Most places give you a discount as well.
They don’t care about citizens getting scammed. In the video they mentioned EBT cards are the “most targeted” and those are used at grocery stores which is why we barely saw any gas station visits in this video. They only care about EBT cards getting scammed because it’s government money.
7-11's are thee worst.
They should've checked those stores out knowing they are the most vulnerable n visited stores ppl go to a lot.
Yes. Gas stations and convenience stores. It looks good publicity wise when stopping at a Target.
7 eleven also but I just use tap to pay which is very secure 😌
A lot of these skimmers at convenience stores are installed by either the owner or one of the employees. That's where they need to be looking.
They are lmao
Yes. Show up at these locations when it's later in the evening.
Changed the skimmer device with each shift change we thought when I worked in fraud at a bank a while back. 🤔
Its Roma/Gypsy traveling in a rented Van/SUV, all across the USA.
3rd 🌎 business front men!!!
If they could skim shareholder dividends or capital gains, Congress would get involved in a hurry.
if you do it electronically it can be.
@@XXPYR0XX its all done electronically now... big brother has been pushing this for a while now.
Congress doesn’t like the competition 😂
Dan Crenshaw would be pushing for laws to protect skimmers.
Congress does that themselves.
They need to go to gas stations, Dollar Trees, Family Dollar stores, 7-11s, Dollar General stores.
So the ENTIRE CAR INDUSTRY is shut down due to HACKERS and the SS is looking for HACKERS putting SKIMMERS ON GAS STATIONS?/
Yea, they are in on it
You mean stores that minorities frequent. 😳
Our gas stations give .10 off per gallons for cash and that's what I always use.
Cashiers need to stay at the register. My local dollar store the cashiers are never at the register.
@@goldieslacks Because they refuse to hire more help. Cashiers are stocking shelves, sweeping floors, answering phones, etc.
They'd be better off checking Gas stations.
And the Seven Elevens.
They literally did in this video lmao
Bro I can’t buy chips without the guys watching me. It has to be the employees who install them
@@lopez6617 Probably so, question is whether it's the owner or employees doing it.
The skimmer is inside the gas pump, so sticking something in the slot or pulling on it does nothing. These agents are retarded.
#1 reason we shouldn't be forced to go cashless.
#2 reason is transaction fees. Think about it: you go to an atm and unless its your own bank, they charge a transaction fee. You go ahead and do it because you need the cash at the moment and there isn't any other option. Now imagine that everything goes cashless. Who's to stop the managing financial institutions from charging transaction fees? I mean, they are literally already doing it, so the foot is a bit *more* than just already in the door. You will of course be hit with TWO transaction fees for every transaction, just like many banks do with ATMs already. Really. Give it a second to stop and think about. Two transaction fees on every single purchase, on top of the sales tax, which is already on top of the income tax... and voters will have absolutely NO say on transaction fee amounts (not that we *_really_* have any say on the tax amounts either)... Sounds wonderful, right?!! Sign me up!!! LOL
Not the #1
Phones are fine, credit cards (with tape readers and even with chip readers) are not. The highest levels of bank encryption and security exist on ines phone - if it is set up properly. Ones phone can be the highest security device that one will ever own.
Nope @@ronaldckrausejr7762
@@bgmullins A few banks allow a certain number of ATM fees a month from machines that aren’t theirs to be refunded. That’s why it you’re a veteran or are eligible through a family member then open up a checking account with USAA. They allow up to 10 refunded ATM fees a month.
How about, Step Three: prosecuting the criminals who place these devices?
Oh we can't do THAT!!!!!!!
Why would they eliminate their job security?
that's the real problem!
If they can catch them.
How about locking up the bastards that make these skimmers nip it in the bud..
They need to make the sale of these devices a felony.
You are going to the wrong establishments.
Yeah - Target and Walmart are skip-scanners' domain.
Yep, gas stations and convenience stores
A lot of these skimmers at convenience stores are installed by either the owner or one of the employees. That's where they need to be looking.
7-11 mostly. Damn Indians and Pakistanis🤦🏾♂️
It's just for show. They just don't want to do too much paperwork. 😁😁😁
If they find a skimmer, then seize the video footage to see who put them there.
they done that at a gas station where my daughter works an the guys that installed it parked somewhere down the road so they wouldn't be seen on cameras so some of em are halfway start
Majority are illegal immigrants who are paid by organized gangs and such. Nothing will happen to these people who are caught except maybe deportation but they will come back across the open border in a day or so.
Then go ask for their cut
Gas stations usually don't keep footage long enough. Most businesses keep it a maximum of 30 days before it's automatically deleted to save space. All the more so for the cheap or run down gas stations. Even if they did have footage of it it's highly unlikely you'll either see their face or catch a plate.
1:58 tap to pay an chips can be skimmed too. just as easily as skimmed too. you dont even have to use a check out station to have your card data stolen. anybody can just walk up next to you with a hand held device an scan ur pockets or purse and get your card info. like really the idea the news person is talking about tap to pay or chips are safer. is a flat out lie. if you dont have your card in a wallet with a rfid blocking shield then ites easy as heck to scan ur card. also top to pay skimmers and chip skimmers can be installed on the POS terminals too.
If they were ACTUALLY looking for skimmers, they would have gone to gas stations in Broward.
This was just for show.
pretending to care, and further, only bothering at all because its the government's money being stolen
They neglect to mention the most obvious way to protect yourself: Use cash!
Or contactless payment. Never been skimmed.
100% the best way! Cash is king when it comes to paying for anything
@@mariposavioleta9007 Not for much longer.
Coming soon to you: what cash??
The govt doesn’t want us to use cash so they can control us. Thanks Biden Idiocracy
I repaired restaurant equipment in the past and from time to time restaurant owners would share with me that they buy EBT benefits for pennys on the dollar. I reported it and nothing would ever happen. Life is weird.
Nothing is gonna be done until you use your second amendment
The person is still getting food with it, though, so it's a lower priority.
@@sheldoneuos shoot a restaurant owner over EBT fraud? Huh?
You report because a store was selling food stamps for money? You don't know why some of these parents might need the money for? Y'all really weird with y'all jobs. Mind ya business and keep it pushing. You a real weirdo fr
Judging from your name and picture you look like you got fed w a golden spoon soo🤷🏽♂️
This is about time. One time My card was skimmed at a Pizza hut on Main Street.
Taco bell drive thru, they caught the 19yo guy and like 20 more people involved.
Should have went to the stores managed by the Middle East clerks
They need to do this nationwide! not just Florida
Democrats would never allow it in the Democrat occupued zones. San Francisco even legalized shop lifting and CA made it illegal to disturb a criminal while he is commiting a crime. If they let the secret service check machibes, a criminal might get aressted. If the criminal is black or an illegal , they would have to defund the racist secrete service.
About time, they need to make store owners check the card readers multiple times a day for that stuff
Going to these big chain stores won’t prove fruitful. Go to stores like 711 and corner stores. Charge these store owners because is either they are in it or not checking to ensure their devices are secured.
I did get skimmed at Target several years ago. A lot of ppl did that year. But that was a ling time ago. I agree they are mostly in those little markets on no-name atms
A lot of these skimmers at convenience stores are installed by either the owner or one of the employees. That's where they need to be looking.
It's funny you don't think 711 is a big chain store
I hate thieves. People work hard for their money and these thieves work hard to steal it.
get it right thats not money you are working for. its currency. real mony holds its value over long periods of time and cant be inflated. the real thives are the ones who have our country over 30 trillion in debt. them dollars are just worthless pecies of paper in realality and have no real value. they used to be back by gold. but not any more since the 70s when nixion abolished the gold standard. that was the last nail in the coffin. now all we have to back its value global demand for it and military force which we used to keep the dollar as the reserver currence forcing the rest of the world to use dollars to trade with on the global markets. if your country wants oil you must first have dollars to buy it with. or any other commodity on the global market. you see why our country can never not be at war. we will allways have to be at war against any nation that wont accept our dollars. or is trying to make their currecny the reserver currency. and as history shows the nation with the strongest and best military gets to have the reserver currency. plenty of people have died for this and plenty more in the future will too. and theres nothing the average person can really do about it. unless we make a whole new system but that will eventually get corrupted too. like how do people not know a corrpted money system was one of the main reasons for the revolutionary war. history allways repetes itself. cuz humans really never learn from it. the ones who do come out on top.
You work hard because the rich are stealing from you constantly and more than anyone/anything else.
At least they're working...
Update: scammers pretending to be secret service agents install hundreds of skimmers at local businesses
Lol seriously the secret service is just a bunch of glorified bodyguards.
Lol
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@@SilvaDreams Way more than that.
My brother was skimmed at a air machine at a gas station. He stopped to put air in his tire and the skimmer got his info. Thankfully his bank reimbursed what was taken.
*Sounds like a bunch of hot air to me*
Never use your ATM card to purchase anything. Get a credit card
@marlynamcburney5253 My neighbor went to Mcdonalds drive thru to get some food for her kids. Two days later she gets a notice saying someone spent $3.5k on her card on a cruise ship off the coast of The Greek Islands. Eventually her Bank reimbursed her.
This is scary,, Wawa free air . I paid 2.50 for air unknowingly
Reimbursed or NOT! I DONT LIKE BEING A VICTIM!
This is awesome and love to see our law enforcement being proactive and helping to educate everyone on what to look for. Thank You.
Ah the old days when you handed someone money for a transaction
and didn't have to worry that your bank account would be drained
Nah, you just had to worry about counterfeits, losing your cash, getting robbed, or short changed.
Boomers gonna boom.
Remember, this is the same secret service that doesn't know who brought cocaine to white house.
Twice if i remember right.
My question is what are they doing? Because they have no legal ability to do this. They are just the protective service for the president, nothing else. (AKA Gloified bodyguards)😊
@SilvaDreams secret service agents are federal law enforcement officers. They're 1811 criminal investigators just like FBI, DEA etc. Their primary focus is financial crimes such as counterfeit currency or in this case credit card fraud
EXCELLENT JOB OF BRINGING THAT UP!!!! Great point......
@SilvaDreams you need to do basic research about the duties of the Secret Service 🙊
I love my orange clown supporters, they never fail to deliver their ignorance.😂
This is an excellent program, prevention is always better
And they organized with local law enforcement and local organizations. They didn’t just bully their way in, they followed proper channels
@@alphagt62 that's probably how it is most of the time. They don't bully local leo like in the movies
What EXACTLY does it have to do with the Secret Service? Local Police could have done this exact same thing LONG ago without Federal intervention. Hell, the store chains themselves could have done it without Police intervention AT ALL.
@@bigbossimmotal I’m not real sure either? But I know that the secret service has always been the agency that deals with counterfeit money, I’m not sure of the connection?
@@alphagt62 Exactly. As far as I know, they are responsible for presidential/diplomat security and the mint Police. That's it.
Too many people are far too dependent on our Federal Government for everything, then whine about the size, scope, and expense of our Federal Government. It makes no sense to me.
Did nothing until the gov got ripped off
exactly
That's what the Secret Service does. Before that it was the job of the local police. If they can't or won't do their job properly talk to them or your local government.
and will know for sure if the moment EBT stops being stolen, that the skimmer crackdown stops. whichever organization started targeting this to expose the theory, "thanks for proving the theory"
This is why they should never get rid of Cash
nobody mentions using tech for purchases is how they track your purchases, and eventually control your purchases too..
With cash, you will just increase the number of robberies
your are correct. but the idiots on here saying cashless is safe lmao complete idiots. they dont know rfid skimmers or scanners exist and anybody can intercept signals from ur phone and clone them. tap to pay skimmers exist too.
@@XXPYR0XX Same with the damn clickies that people lock and start their cars with, garage door openers and any digital door unlocking gimmick they have nowadays. Not to mention those damn clickies run about $300 to replace.
And you called it, I could stand behind you in line and scan the RFID from your wallet with a device quite simply, the only way it wouldn't work is if you have one of those anti RIFD wallets..
@@TabletMini Funny weve had cash since the beginning of time, last I looked robbers were OVERWHELMING in majority, running into stores and stealing shopping carts of merchandise. Not even a good try leftist.
Of course they didn’t find anything. I didn’t see them hit any gas stations
Why not have that simple plastic insert available at all stores to check daily?!
Very true. Merchant services companies should provide them to all their retail clients. The retailers should require it as part of their daily opening and closing routines. It would only take seconds or minutes depending on how many terminals there are, but would save thousands of dollars.
@@Precursor-co7up The 3-4 "pit bosses" standing around the front of the store instead of in a check stand could just as easily use those cards and keep an eye on what is going on too.
or, just make machines that are not prone to this.
many times, owners / managers are in on it
Well managed stores already do it.
Thank you OFFICER'S!!! YESSS WE NEEDED THIS SOOOO BAD!!!!
They really have no idea wtf they doin.
My sister got hit at a chevron gas station in Kennesaw.
Before she made it home, her money was GONE!
That is why I NEVER use a debit card. With a charge card there are numerous gates to taking money. The first, that I experience when I got skimmed at a local shell station is that my card was immediately canceled but the credit card company. They recognized that numerous charges were made in south Florida, while I was still in North Florida. They also call me to confirm any unusual larger charges before clearing them. But in the meantime, my money in the bank has been safe.
she met me there and she fell in love with me and took me to the mall honey
So it took them scaming EBT users for them to take action? Yeesh....
So now that they are hitting EBT there searching for the skimmers 😂
Since the EBT network is managed by the feds copying the card is probably analog to counterfeit currency, the exact thing the Secret Service was created to fight.
Every person in the world can watch for skimmers, you don't have to be specially authorized.
pay cash, no skimmers
this is why going cashless is high risk. if they don't accept cash... just leave what you bought and walk
Leave as much exact change as you can and take it. You paid for it
@@MrDeviousdom Been there done that. With my I.D. that expired midnight the night before.They got a little tip but big deal I didn't grow any younger just because my I.D. expired 12 hrs ago.
Oh man, don't mess with Uncle Sam's wallet. He breaks hands.
The need to do this in the Tampa area. Had my card skimmed at a Subway not far from my house. I no longer to that location but it was done by an employee not with a card skimmer over lay.
Now do that to the voting machines
finally!
Voting doesn't mean a thing. It is just to make you feel that you have freedom of choice... which we do not. If voting really made a good difference in this country, the government would've made it illegal..
Votin means two things, but I am not goin to tell, to the readers, that, which they are.@@jecht317
Not that you would ever listen, but the votes aren't real. Quit pledging allegiance to that occultic lie of a flag
If they were really serious about this problem they wouldnt be at a Target, they would be at the haji marts.
Tank yoo come again.
Great job Secret Service Agents. These crooks who steal from others need to be caught!
The news is doing a wonderful job in helping the scammers by telling them their skimmers are being targeted. Try releasing the story AFTER the search is atleast completed for a day.
But Nobody is getting caught.
sadly, the are protecting a convicted felon, as we type.
whereas crooks who steal from themselves are allowed a second chance
@@ThatOpalGuy MLK and Malcolm X were also "convicted felons"... btw soon Biden's son will also be a "convicted felon"
Nationwide, please.
Anyone caught stealing with skimmers should face mandatory life in prison without parole
Need to check the gas stations.
I’m glad they are out there checking.
Never use the gas pump with your card !! Go inside and tap!
I user a prepaid card and never have more than $50 on it. I get an alert on every transaction too.
@@woodstream6137 I drive a diesel truck, $50 fills the tank about 1/3 full 😅 but that is a good idea.
Edit: I have had issues with pre paid cards not working at some places.
Gas stations have tap to pay now.Some of them near me
@@woodstream6137 The transactions they put on it are like $30 because they dont want you to notice, or if you do notice they want it to be so cheap that you just don't report it because it's not worth not having your cards work for like 2-3 weeks for $30.
except RFID (which is what Tapping is) is actually even more vulnerable; quit giving bad info, as your Statement has been known to be false for Years.
They better hit up all them 7-Elevens
Thank you Secret Service, for these efforts, but I think that gas stations should have been the first stop.
They only care about EBT because you're stealing from the government.
My parents got hit at the 711 in windermere which is nuts to think about. Thanks to the boys for going out and actually trying to stop this.
A lot of these skimmers at convenience stores are installed by either the owner or one of the employees. That's where they need to be looking.
@@BRM202 got proof?
@@ThatOpalGuy the fact they always get defensive when confronted about them says a lot; like they are guilty.
Good! Thank you Secret Service for helping!!!
The retailers should be required to do these checks. Make them responsible for the fraud.
That would make too much sense so they wont hold them accountable
bet you half the time its the store owners or employees put the skimmers there. you put too much faith in people.
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Lol but it's always a 7-11 getting caught on TH-cam😂😂😂😂
You are more likely to find them in small businesses like independent gas/convenience food stores or locations where the owner doesn't have direct visual contact with the terminal. Not a Walmart, Target of major chain food stores.
Go to the corner stores not Target
One of the things I do and people look at me weird is I always check the card reader before I run my card through it .
It’s almost always gas stations, only 2 times my card info has ever been taken were both at gas stations
Specifically gas pumps. The electronics go inside the pump, and most people wouldn't know what they were looking at anyway if they opened it. They work at a gas station they're not experts in electronics.
Finally our government working for us❣️
LOL.. this government does not serve us.
Only because they are losing money. Notice how they focused on EBT (food stamp) cards and mentioned how since they don't have tap to pay or chip's they are easy targets for thieves. So when they extract money from EBT cards they're stealing from the government.
My thoughts as well 😑
Odd that it takes the SS to do this.
Notice [they] only got upset when government EBT funds were misappropriated. [They] do not serve us.
Pay cash cause these criminals and employees are in it too all over nation.
O only get cash from a bank teller.
Use tap and pay with your phone...
Yeah, we'll start with you first, since you seem to know about the operation, obviously you're in on it.
Credit cards are a scam. I think they charge vendors a 3% transaction fee and the customer pays 9-29% in unpaid balances.
@@woodstream6137also- no credit, no card
About time, just 10 years late. Now is better than never i guess...
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It’s usually someone that works in the store.
I have learned recently that there is a new version that is harder to see, and as far as I can tell, the SS agents **WOULDN"T** have found them by their searches as shown.
At 2:36 he used a plastic insert to check the chip-reading slot. It was provided by the chain to fit their specific terminals. If a skimmer had been inserted, the plastic would not have inserted as far.
@@EinsteinsHair I wasn't sure that was what they were checking for.But I think you're right. I think they call these new gadgets "shimmers"?
Oklahoma Walmart was where my family card said it was used. We live in FL. No idea how that happened🤷
Because someone stole your info, either in FL or online. Then cloned the card, and used it in Oklahoma.
Thank you so much!
Waste of time, going to large chain stores. How about investigating who brought cocaine into the White House ?
why was that one Police Officer MASKED?... he's a public servant and not "undercover"...
POS cops don't actually catch the scammers,they just remove the devices,to somehow resurface elsewhere
We only have half the story - find the devices
The problem is it's usually fairly difficult to track down the people who installed them. So many places still have low quality surveillance video to help identify people, combined with the people often installing skimmers far from where they live and would be easily identified.
Example, about 5 years ago a pair installed skimmers at 4 gas stations in my town, they only got caught because the first skimmer was noticed by a customer within hours, police did a sweep and pulled all footage and got a general description of the people and vehicle. 3 days later the same vehicle showed up to retrieve the skimmer and the clerk recognized it and called 911 to report it, they were caught when they stopped at the next station they had installed a skimmer at. They were from out of state and might have never been caught if that first skimmer hadn't been reported by a customer so quickly.
THANK them for keeping us safe and you for reporting it
120 businesses? Thats all? What a joke. Make it 1200 and then you might make a dent.
As they said, it was 472 businesses statewide, getting 13 skimmers. It seems to be a pilot program, and public outreach
The casework for all card readers should be made of clear plastic to make skimmers easier to spot.
Secret Service should not be doing this. This is a commerce related matter. Also, the Banks and Financial agencies that MAKE these devices should be re-designing these to make it harder to access these.
It is not just protecting the president. The Secret Service used to investigate counterfeiting. Found this quote, "but it is credit card fraud, wire and bank fraud, computer network breaches, ransomware, and other cyber-enabled financial crimes that have become the focus of much of the Secret Service investigative work." I think they were investigating counterfeiting as early as the 1800s.
The thefts in that area are focused on EBT funds which are managed federally so right up SS alley.
If there was a spike specifically in VISA thefts or Chase Bank, the Special Service wouldn't be involved.
It's VERY often that the clerk themselves put them on there. Be careful who you buy from.
Thanks for the info! Much appreciated.
PCI compliance requires regular inspection of payment terminals by the store personnel.
I used a cc machine this week that had a sticker on the side. This way you could tell if it has been tampered with. It was at a circle k.
This lady news anchor has a great speaking voice - Jax should be very happy to have her on the news
Team ! Nice work & nice to listen to her -
Wow.
I caught a fast food worker trying to get my security code and picture of my card.
Im like, dude, this is a cash app card 😢
Waste of money. The store has employees that could do that job.
Wal-Mart doesn't have tap to pay; fortunately I don't shop there often.
Wowzers, where are you from?! There's been tap to pay at every store here for over 10 years. I can even use tap at the ATM!
If you're so worried it's very very simple... set up a text or email for every transaction and if you get a ding when you're not shopping, call the bank...
Thank you. Good to know they are looking for these.
The store assistant managers should be checking on these devices regularly and daily.
They need to go to these gas stations that the government gives to mostly ppl from India lol.
We have so many IRS agents out there. Why don't we put them to good use by having them check for skimmers as well.
The IRS should be abolished.
@@user-mh2ye9nf3y Yes but till then put them to work on finding skimmers.
Why would secret service be performing this duty? I thought secret service is only responsible for security and protection of executive branch and foreign dignitaries visiting.
Well I'm adding this information, so in addition to security they investigate financial crimes and cyber crime. I learned something today.
I knew a skimmer scammer, he escaped on a windjammer.
This is great! Really helping out the community. Thanks.
And how did these "international criminals" get into the USA, and where did they come from?
Most of the skimmers are from India/Pakistan.
Thank you, good to know.
Every Walmart in the USA, there is a Van full of Roma.
and slowvenians
That guy from TikTok is better than them in finding skimmers
this is very productive work thanks
Thank you for fighting back!
Maybe they need to train cashiers to check for skimmers before they close their boxes everyday. It just takes a couple of seconds to so. As a customer I check for skimmers before I insert my card and I prefer to get down and pay the cashier inside for gas if the pump has a broken key seal.
I congratulate the U.S. Secret Service for being on top of this problem throughout the United States. At least there's one Federal Law Enforcement Agency that's truly doing their job for the benefit of the American Taxpayers.
I saw some of these Secret Service guys looking for skimming devices at The Spearmint Rhino- strip club in Dallas, Texas! They ended up receiving table dances after they ate lunch there.
Thank goodness for the SSA's that came! Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!
They didn't come anywhere. They are from Jacksonville
@@turtleneckferret Oh really? I had no idea. LOL I didn't know that SSA were everywhere and I was surprised that the SSA was even investigating i thought they made a special trip LOL but now I know thank you
There's a Russian site that sells you cc numbers. Full identification of u need that also. Crazy stuff out there.
Ukraine as well.
You’re kidding me right? We are paying secret service agents to check for skimmers 😂😂😂
I once paid $690 for a gas tank fill at the only gas station in Death Valley. It took a while before I got it fixed to $69 the original amount. But my card was blocked for the whole trip
Maybe the cashiers and managers should check everyday.
Way to go. Put this on the news so these scammers can collect their skimmers before they get busted. Way to go.