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<p>If you have used an ATM at the Camelot branch of Wachovia Bank in
Cape Coral in the past few days, you may want to check on your account.<br>
<br>
Vicki
Zingale, 47, found out Wednesday that $2,400 had been withdrawn from
her checking account by someone using her information to create a debit
card. The withdrawals took place in West Palm Beach in $800 increments
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.</p>
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<p>Kathy Harrison, Wachovia’s Florida spokeswoman, confirmed today that
the Camelot branch, at Cape Coral Parkway and Chiquita Boulevard, has
had several debit cards’ identities stolen because someone placed
what’s known as a “skimming” device on the ATM.<br>
<br>
That device
collected each person’s card information, including personal
identification numbers, and allowed the suspect to create different
debit cards with that information.<br>
<br>
Harrison did not have
specific information as to whether an arrest had been made, but she
said Wachovia is working with West Palm Beach police. It was unclear
how many cards had their information stolen.<br>
<br>
Zingale said she
was told by a bank official today that someone was in custody in West
Palm Beach, but it was unclear whether that was in connection with the
skimmer placed on the Cape Coral ATM.<br>
<br>
Harrison said Cape Coral
and Fort Myers ATMs have had several reports of skimming devices being
placed on them in the past few years.</p>
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