Police tips to protect against card skimmers  Police tips to
protect against card skimmers   by Stephanie Zepelin  Bio |
Email | Follow: @ktvbstephanie   Posted on March 27, 2013 at
7:41 PM  Updated Monday, Nov 25 at 4:15 PM  ADA COUNTY -- Two
credit card skimmers were found at a gas station in Boise. These
devices are used to take your credit card information without
you having to do more than unknowingly swipe your card.  Someone
sitting in their car, watching from a distance can then get your
credit card information via an electronic device.  "They place
it over the top of that card reader and then every time you run
your credit card through there, it gathers your information from
your credit card," said Meridian Police Deputy Chief Tracy
Basterrechea.  Basterrechea said skimmers are usually placed
outside.  "It's normally going to happen someplace where there's
not a lot of people; at a gas pump, at an ATM outside of a
building. So really, to catch your odds, you're better to go
inside the store," said Ba