Once card skimmers and shimmers steal your information, they are capable of making purchases using the card, withdrawing money from bank accounts and selling your information to others.
Growing up on a lakeshore meant plenty of time to try a great amateur sport: stone skipping. The trick was to find a flat stone and angle it into the water in order to cause it to skim along the surface. Skimmers were great when they could travel out 100 or more feet. Today’s “skimmers” (and shimmers) are not fun and result in…
