Card skimmers are easy to install and hard to detect. But if you do these five things every time you swipe or insert a card, you’ll be fine. The times are always changing, and that means ...

Then, when you insert or swipe your card, the scammer steals your information. Police in several states report finding credit card skimmers on gas pumps and in convenience stores.

Insert Skim Reaper into a credit card terminal before your actual credit card, and it will tell you if your card is being read more than once. If so, it’ll alert you that a skimmer is present.

Starting about three years ago, Americans were asked to insert — or “dip” — their credit cards at the checkout instead of swiping them. Now they’ll soon be tapping. St… ...

-Additionally, citizens using an ATM can pull on the credit card insert overlay before using. Usually if there is a skimmer inside the overlay the whole overlay will come off since it's only put ...