I heard this on the news while driving home a few days ago, and I thought I would share it with this online community to make persons in Broward County a little more aware of a common fraud that goes on.

Inspectors recently conducted a statewide (Florida) investigation into card skimmers at gas stations, and it was found that 8 gas stations in Broward County had card skimmers to defraud motorists.

A Card Skimmer is a device made to be affixed to the mouth of an ATM or Gas Pump and secretly swipes credit and debit card information when customers slip their cards into the machines to pull out money.

Here are some tips to avoid being a victim of this crime:

Pay cash inside the store Check to make sure the gas pump dispenser is closed Try to use a pump that is close to the actual store (thieves usually target the ones farthest away)

Skimmers found at gas stations in Broward County:

Angelo’s Hess Service #1297381 1840 N. Federal Highway Hollywood 1 found Beach Petroleum Inc. 4353 N. Ocean Dr. Lauderdale By The Sea 1 found BP Hallandale-Citgo 700 N. Federal Highway Hallandale Beach 1 found Gas 2 LLC/ Chevron 4351 S. Flamingo Road Davie 1 found Mobil #11793/ 7 Eleven, Inc. 6600 N. State Road 7 Coconut Creek 1 found Shell 3500 Red Road Miramar 1 found Super Stop 441/BP/Amoco 2099 S. State Road 7 Davie 2 found U-Gas #3201 Griffin 4997 Volunteer Road Southwest Ranches 1 found

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