WEST JORDAN, Utah (KUTV) — A West Jordan woman is warning people after becoming a victim of a credit card skimmer in mid-September.
She wants to let more people know to be careful, as it can happen anywhere a card is swiped or inserted.
Nadine Sarrier was at a soccer game on Saturday when she got a surprising text message.
“In fact, we thought the text message might be a scam,” she said.
But what the bank was actually asking was whether she was planning to spend $103 at her local CVS.
She said no, but when she called her bank, she found out that $140 had already been taken from her account.
She called CVS and was told they might remember who the culprit was.
“Earlier that morning, there was a man at the ATM and he had been there for a long time, and one of the employees asked him if he needed any help,” Salyer said, “because that was unusual.”
She heard he went back to the ATM after buying a drink.
“They said they have the footage and if an officer gets there they'll let them see it,” she said.
Salyer is waiting to hear back from police on the outcome of their investigation.
This incident marks the second time within a month, coming just days after Roy's Ocean Mart discovered a skimmer in one of its cash registers.
2News spoke to the manager about the incident, and he said skimmers can be very clever at hiding them.
“You can find this in any store and you'd never notice it,” Ocean Mart manager Eric Jenkins said.
He sent 2News a video of one of the skimmers they found and how easily it can be attached and removed from the machine.
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We showed the same video to Sariyah and asked her how she felt after watching the video.
“I'd never seen or heard of anything like that,” she said. “I just thought it only happened at gas stations.”
He said he now knows it's not just a problem at gas stations and will be more careful when using his card.
Salyer said her bank told her that to avoid skimming, it's better to use the tap feature on her card rather than swiping or using the chip.
Police warn people to check that the device hasn't been tampered with before using the card – signs of tampering could include marks, scratches, loose hardware or exposed wiring.
I was told to check by feeling around the card holder and keypad.
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