SkimStop, a program created by the Eagan Police Department, is a partnership between local law enforcement and a business to safeguard your account information when you use your credit card at a gas pump.

A business that participates in SkimStop agrees to check their equipment daily and place security tape on all the credit card terminals to prevent skimming devices from being used. Businesses are held accountable with daily logs that can be checked by law enforcement. SkimStop greatly decreases the possibility of the use of skimming devices, according to police, but consumers should always monitor their credit and debit cards for unauthorized activity as even the best efforts are open to error.

What is skimming? A small device attached to a credit card terminal that captures your credit card data. In almost all cases you have no way of knowing the device is there. Once the thieves have your information they quickly create a cloned card and start their spending spree. They can make off with hundreds of thousands of dollars with very little risk. Suspects in an Eagan skimming case captured data from 157 victims and in one day spent $21,000 at three stores in the area, according to police.

When you see this SkimStop sticker, rest easy, and know that the business and local law enforcement have a sharp eye on that terminal. Florida Men Charged for Use of Credit Card Skimmers at South Minneapolis Gas Station Currently, these Eagan businesses participate in SkimStop Holiday - 1065 Diffley Road

Holiday - 1650 Diffley Road

Holiday - 4595 Nicols Road

Holiday - 1579 Cliff Road

Holiday - 2660 Eagan Woods Drive

Holiday - 3615 Pilot Knob Road

Holiday - 3044 Holiday Lane

New Mart Gas Station - 1969 Silver Bell Road

Lone Oak Market - 1286 Lone Oak Road

Sam's Club - 3035 Denmark Avenue

BP - 4205 Nicols Road

BP - 1424 Yankee Doodle Road

Shell - 4206 Nicols Road View businesses participating in SkimStop on map