Pay-at-the-Pump Scams Targeted

As pay-at-the-pump skimming scams grow in the United States and Europe, police in Camarillo, California, have taken the unique step of enlisting help from civilians to fight skimming crimes. Known as the citizen patrol unit, the group of 30 civilian volunteers has been tasked with monitoring pay-at-the pump terminals throughout Camarillo, looking for signs of tampered terminals or the installation of illegal skimming devices. It is not the first time a community has enlisted help outside law enforcement to curb card skimming at gas pumps. In July 2010, the Arizona governor directed the state department of weights and measures to increase gas pump inspections. Card-skimming attacks at pumps in Utah and Florida captured headlines in 2010. So far in 2011, new attacks have cropped up in Arizona and Europe. And late the week of March 21, police in Ormond Beach, Florida, warned locals that skimming devices at stations along U.S. 1 could have been hitting cards for more than a month.

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