Credit Card security at gas pumps

randallb wrote:
It takes an insider to install the reader. Normally this is the late night minimum wage attendant who applied for and got the job for a piece of the action. A major player like Pilot, etc are going to be on top of any irregularities in their credit card processing. They know that a problem like this affecting a large number of their daily customers would put a severe dent in the bottom line once it hit the news. Carry a second card and if you get hit call the 800 number, report the theft and wait for the new card to arrive. Life is to short to sweat the little dog doo.
Randy

Randy, I believe this is what happened to me about 6 months ago. I was on my way to Sea/Tac Int'l. Airport to pick up my son. He called me to let me know he was going to be 15 min. late (flight delay) so I went to a Shell Station near the cell phone lot at Sea/Tac to fill my CRV up. I used the outside pump next was what you described. My credit card company got ahold of me in the A.M. and asked me if I was on the road and making purchases in Valencia, CA. I told them no! That I was at home in WA. St. so they denied the charges. I did not have to pay for anything since there investigators found out a skimmer device was used at the outside pump of the Shell Station. What the bad guys did was make pre paid Visa Cards off the #'s they scammed from me.