Oceanside: Customer Find Card Skimmer At 7-Eleven 3/14/2024

INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 3/14/2024 1:00 pm
LOCATION: 2985 Via Las Rosas
AREA/CITY: Oceanside, CA.
DETAILS:
A customer entered the 7-Eleven on the 2900 block of Via Las Rosas.
After grabbing the items the man wanted, he went to the counter to purchase his items.
The male stated he remembered that he saw a video circulating online of card skimmers that are installed on card readers in businesses and he decided to check to see if there was one he was about to use.
The male noticed a small lip underneath the card device and pulled it out to find a card skimmer installed.
The male notified the store employee and soon Oceanside Police was called.
The Oceanside Police took possession of the card skimmer and are investigating the incident.
It is unknown how long the skimmer device was installed at that 7-Eleven location.
HANDLING AGENCIES: Oceanside Police

[@Supernatural2276]

How does the owner not see, he's probably the one putting it there!

[@Djejjcjqjjwjfkckcje]

Nah man these fools are quick and slick.
Was chatting with my local 7/11 manager about this exact thing. They’ve been hitting stores all over SD and LA. He showed me the corporate memos 7/11 sent out with instructions to check the payment machines each morning and at shift changes. His store got hit, and one a few blocks away.. just a couple weeks ago. It only takes but a moment for these bold criminals to do their thing. I reckon some do it while they’re paying for something.. check out and then ask for smokes or Lotto, boom.. cashier’s back is turned. Or one of those 3 minute pizzas? Please. The workers are heavily distracted almost always. There’s typically only 2 workers max at a time at these stores, and more often then not one of them is running wild picking up all that online order nonsense. Trust me. It’s not the owner.

[@cenaguy1246]

That’s why I mostly use cash, I rarely use my card at 7/11

[@Djejjcjqjjwjfkckcje]

They’ve been hitting 92103 too.. 7/11 on Spruce and Upas both recently.

[@thomasgentry6201]

Lucky just using these machines! Taking Money out of a ATM in Public is Dangerous! Sad but True!

[@Djejjcjqjjwjfkckcje]

To anyone wondering “how”.. here’s a piece of my reply to another comment. These crooks are fast:
Was chatting with my local 7/11 manager about this exact thing. They’ve been hitting stores all over SD and LA. He showed me the corporate memos 7/11 sent out with instructions to check the payment machines each morning and at shift changes. His store got hit, and one a few blocks away.. just a couple weeks ago. It only takes but a moment for these bold criminals to do their thing. I reckon some do it while they’re paying for something.. check out and then ask for smokes or Lotto, boom.. cashier’s back is turned. Or one of those 3 minute pizzas? Please. The workers are heavily distracted almost always. There’s typically only 2 workers max at a time at these stores, and more often then not one of them is running wild picking up all that online order nonsense.

[@user-jc7jb3bu5s]

This area starting to look shitty lately. hotels at the beach now have hired bum squads in suv's to keep vagrants moving along!

[@Djejjcjqjjwjfkckcje]

You are not indeed a genuine flesh and blood human being. You are an aeye bought. A bad one at that. 😘