DesChyko:
What is easier for you is easier for them too. As you no gree dey queue, take am like that.

ikombe:
Am not sure if a nigerian scammer can get hold of such device.


thanx for d info tho op

ikombe:
Am not sure if a nigerian scammer can get hold of such device.


thanx for d info tho op

Dfinex:


u can never be too sure bro....we can only hope and pray that our banks become proactive in order to curb it in the budding stage

MhizSophy:
uwc.. Hopefully they won't find out.. I know a site that Sells it though.. I won't release the link. Scammers would go after it..

ikombe:
Am not sure if a nigerian scammer can get hold of such device.


thanx for d info tho op

ikombe:
you know a site


Babe i no trust you again



How i wan take know say u never purchase 1 already

MhizSophy:


Lol.. Trust me.. I don't have any one oh.. If I had one, I won't spoil my business by posting it nah

MhizSophy:
uwc.. Hopefully they won't find out.. I know a site that Sells it though.. I won't release the link. Scammers would go after it..

Tonydeeb:
Good info though, and that brings me back to the question, "Why will a legal e-commerce site such as eBay not scrutinize products being sold on their platform?, what's the aim of the manufacturers of these " skimmers", producing such in commercial quantities?.

Xionez:


You cant find it on regular sites. Think Silk Road. I stumbled upon it during the days of MTN Magic SIM in 2012 or thereabout.
Was looking for links to a rare classic movie i loved as a kid when it popped up.

Was fascinated by the device. Crude but efficient. Wouldn't even know except you know what you are looking for like in the case of this paranoid guy.

But like you rightly said. The Internet is a risky place but less risky for the scammer to digitally retrieve his stolen info than physically coming to retrieve something like this.


A word of advise, always use the flush inlet ATMs like the first image not these ones with protruding inlets like the one shown above (made mostly by NCR. The second uploaded image). The green plastic there is as unless as 1Terabyte on a Starcomms SIM card.

MhizSophy:
In Nigeria in particular, I know many people won't suspect something
like this. The only security precautions many people take are to make
sure any suspicious persons aren't around or preventing someone
from seeing their pin. With the Increase in Cybercrime, the normal
precautions we take might never actually be enough.
I have heard a lot about ATM skimmers, but it's nearly impossible to
spot one.


Most skimmers are designed to look exactly like the card slot on the
original machine and attached to the front, and others are completely
hidden inside the ATM.


A cyber security expert Benjamin Tedesco spotted an ATM skimmer
that was totally unrecognizable.



Tedesco was hanging out in Vienna and when about to draw some
cash from a cash machine outside St. Stephen's Cathedral, he decided
to do a quick visual inspection of the ATM machine and surprisingly
spotted the dodgy device attached to it.



That was a credit card skimmer – a perfect replica of the actual card
reader that was designed to steal credit card information of users
when they swipe their card to take off cash from the ATM.


"Being security paranoid, I repeated my typical habit of checking
the card reader with my hand as I have 100's of times," Tedesco
wrote in a blog post. "Today's the day when my security awareness
paid off!"



Tedesco, an employee of Carbon Black firm, immediately grabbed hold on the Skimmer glued on the top of the actual card reader and dragged it out.

The ATM skimmer detected by Tedesco contained a magnetic strip
reader, battery, some sort of switch and a control board with the four
pin connector.
This us leaves the question- How many ATM's have skimmers already
attached.

Xionez:


You cant find it on regular sites. Think Silk Road. I stumbled upon it during the days of MTN Magic SIM in 2012 or thereabout.
Was looking for links to a rare classic movie i loved as a kid when it popped up.

Was fascinated by the device. Crude but efficient. Wouldn't even know except you know what you are looking for like in the case of this paranoid guy.

But like you rightly said. The Internet is a risky place but less risky for the scammer to digitally retrieve his stolen info than physically coming to retrieve something like this.
Some banks have stepped up to using EMV chips on ATM Cards rather than just the black magnetic strip. This is wayyyyy harder for skimmers as they would need to steal your ATM card as soon as you finish your transaction.


A word of advise, try to use the flush inlet ATM's like the first image. Its easy to detect any anormally.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2469560,00.asp
Avoid these ones with protruding inlets like the second image made mostly by NCR. The green plastic there is as unless as 1Terabyte on a Starcomms SIM card.

If in doubt, switch on your phone's torch and place it below the protruding plastic. It should allow light to pass through it, with no dark spots. If a dark patch or lines is spotted, alert the Customer Care or Manager..and not the Guards o. You never know.

If there is a long queue, twist or nudge the inlet and make sure its secure before making your transaction. Scammers would want easy removal and not something to battle with to prevent chances of their face getting captured by the camera.

Feeling more cautious, try this link
http://krebsonsecurity.com/all-about-skimmers/

kulex2k1:


@Op we dont use magnetic strip cards in Nigeria, all banks stopped using this a long time ago. we use chip cards.. so its kinda difficult for all u just posted......

kulex2k1:


@Op we dont use magnetic strip cards in Nigeria, all banks stopped using this a long time ago. we use chip cards.. so its kinda difficult for all u just posted......

Peterpan222:


It's a big lie.. Stop misleading people. Check the back of your ATM card @ the top just before your card (C V V) sitting very relaxed there..

You misleading.. because I was already in diaspora between what OP said and what u just said. The only option was for me to do the research myself and I now finally know that your own advice is very wrong. My two ATM cards.. GTB and UBA still has that back magnetic strip and it's still valid. The two Giant banks in Nigeria still uses this, then what of others....

I advice u follow the XIONEZ advice by using the flush inlet ATM's and not the Protruding type ATM's...

For the evidence of my statement, see pics below:

kulex2k1:


Guy ur getting it all wrong man... we arent talking about (C V V). All atm cards av them but that isnt where ur card details is stored. Some countries still use magnetic strip true which i really dunno y dey still do but please check ur own ATM card what ull see is a chip sometin like wat u av on ur simcard. tjat is were data is stored and unlike the magnetic strip this is more secured. confirm from ur bank please.