Puerto Vallarta News

Puerto Vallarta News

Would you have spotted this skimmer found on an ATM in Puerto Vallarta?

Banks and credit unions here in the United States are reporting ATM card fraud that originated with skimmers in the touristy town of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Imagine the opportunity from a criminal’s point of view: an area full of American tourists with nice, magnetic-strip cards! Would you have been a victim? It helps if you know how to spot a compromised cash machine.

Here’s the front of one machine where skimmers were found. Does anything look amiss?

Here, the cover of the little . . .

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