00:00:01 Niger Rattler went to this convenience store to get a snack I was just trying to get chips and a bottle of water the Texas woman paid with a credit card but later noticed a bill that should have been three dollars and 22 cents was 944. the 25 year old went back to the 7-Eleven near Dallas to figure out what went wrong I'm like hey something happened with my car let me check the machine and see something and I just literally lifted it up Rattler shot this video as she popped off the credit card skimmer revealing an identical card

00:00:36 reader underneath she was like what you know I think it surprised her that she actually found one sergeantina malinfont showed us the skimmer it's made of a replacement cover that was attached to the real card reader with double-sided tape this little unit right here that's on it basically allows for the reading um to read your card store your card information and allow it to be transmitted to whatever the suspect had whether it's a cell phone or a computer and they can just download all your information right there gas pumps used

00:01:09 to be the go-to spot for skimming a single compromised pump can capture information from 30 to 100 cards a day but now crooks are increasingly seeing the advantage of targeting ATMs and any other point-of-sale device it's everywhere it is everywhere Adam Colby investigates Financial crimes in Texas we are seeing this not just in convenience stores we're seeing this in grocery stores Rattler says in hindsight the card reader did seem a little weird it was bulkier than normal and stuck out on one side experts say you should also

00:01:45 be wary if it's hard to insert your chip card in the slot so if you try to insert your card doesn't work easily don't swipe it then you feel any resistance as you're sticking a card in there get it out of there this young mother says she spoke out to prevent others from becoming victims and to get her money back I can only just wait for the process and hope that everything comes out all right Betty cross thank you for watching please hit the Subscribe button and get the latest news by downloading the CBS Austin news app