It looks like the scammer used something like this attachment on the terminal.
Technologies are moving forward very quickly now. This is noticeable in any area, including financial. In the vast majority of stores you can pay by card. With the same card you can withdraw money from an ATM, or pay for a phone, or... In general, there are many possibilities. But while the average citizen is more or less aware that an ATM can have a skimmer, few know that such devices are created for payment terminals in stores.
This is true, and scammers are actively installing skimmers. This is done quietly and quickly. Recently, the camera of one of the Miami Beach stores recorded the high-speed installation of a skimmer - it took the fraudster only three seconds to do everything. The attackers worked in pairs: one distracted the seller, sending him to the far corner of the store to buy something, the other installed the device.
The video was posted online by the regional police, who are hoping for the public’s help in identifying the two scammers.
The use of skimmers is a traditional, one might say, way to take money from an ordinary person. And this technology can still be very effective, especially if the retail outlet is still conducting transactions in the old way, without new types of security systems and new standards such as EMV cards.
The advice in this case may be common - if you have strange payments in your account, you need to block your card and then contact the bank's support service.
Generally speaking, skimmers are used everywhere. ATMs and terminals are only part of the problem. Fraudsters are also coming up with new ways to deceive bank account and card owners. For example, last year they began installing skimmers on bank doors, with a credit card reader installed. Using such a reader, you can open the door during non-business hours of the bank to gain access to the ATM. You insert the card into the door receiver and voila, the road is open. But during this time, the skimmer manages to read information from the magnetic tape, after which the fraudster can only use this data. A camera for monitoring the PIN code is installed indoors, near the ATM.
It has gotten to the point where scammers are even installing fake ATMs, not skimmers.
