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Super skimmers: The new way criminals are hacking your account, even if you don’t swipe your card


Criminals are evolving and finding more sophisticated ways to steal your money – even with chip cards.

Chris Hansen with the U.S. Secret Service says the scammers plant a slim piece of metal inside the ATM. The Washington State Credit Union hit by shimmers last year now uses high-tech fraud detection software to “They now are working to find a solution to retrofit machines to address this latest technology,” said Ann Flannigan with WSECU.

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