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What is Card Shimming?
Card Shimming vs. Card Skimming
What are CVVs?
Why Cards are Skimmed
Why Cards are Shimmed
Why Card Shimming is a Bigger Problem than Card Skimming
How to Protect Yourself from Card Shimming
Topics: credit card fraud, debit card fraud, skimming, credit card skimming, atm skimming, card shimming, atm shimming, shimmer, card skimming, skimmer, atm shimmer
Traditionally, “skimming” meant secretly taking small amounts of money from a larger amount of money, such as taking a couple of dollars from the cash register when the boss wasn’t looking. But today, skimming colloquially refers to card skimming.
Topics: credit card fraud, debit card fraud, skimming, credit card skimming, atm skimming