[Dataloss] ATM theft in fl

[Henry Brown]

http://news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080828/NEWS0101/80828066

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.

Vicki Zingale, 47, found out Wednesday that $2,400 had been withdrawn 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.

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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.

That device collected each person's card information, including personal 
identification numbers, and allowed the suspect to create different 
debit cards with that information.

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.

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.

Harrison said Cape Coral and Fort Myers ATMs have had several reports of 
skimming devices being placed on them in the past few years.


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