On 09/18/10, a skimmer was placed on a Bank of America ATM at Washington Square mall in Tigard, Oregon.
On 09/19/10 and 09/26/10, Skimming devices were placed on the outside ATMs at the branch located at 10201 SE Washington Street Portland Oregon
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How Skimmers Work
There are two big ways criminals use credit card skimmers to steal your information:
* The scammer installs a skimmer on an ATM or self-serve kiosk and captures your card information when you swipe your card at the kiosk. Sometimes the machine still works, and you never know anything is wrong. Sometimes the skimmer disables the machine, but you’ll just assume it’s out of order and move on.
* Or, they get a hold of your credit card and skim your card manually (an easy racket for an unscrupulous waiter who could do this when you hand over your card to pay the bill).
