EBT Theft: Protect yourself from
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
- Thieves are stealing millions of dollars in public benefits from Californians, including right here in Riverside County. Watch how they’re doing it, ways you can protect yourself, and what our department is doing to fight against #EBTSkimming. If you suspect theft or fraud, REPORT IT! Visit this link: rivcodpss.org/dpss-programs/w...
The police should also go after the companies and people who manufacture the skimming devices.
They to me that they prioritize violent crimes over thefts and burglaries. Call SNAP fraud every day for your balance. Missing benefits... call your caseworker to deactivate your card and to send you a new card in 14 business days. These are very clever professional thieves. Change your pin number ahead of your load monthly authorization withdrawal. At the point of sale, cover your hand as you enter your pin number on This has been like this ever since June, 2004. Skimmer cameras can counterfeit debit cards and credit cards and good old EBT SNAP benefits cards for poor people depending on it to feed their families. Then they can use it anywhere in the United States. These doggone cameras can counterfeit cards in ladies' pocketbooks and in gentlemen' s wallets near a point of sale even if they are not swiped nor inserted into the point of sale. I had a police officer tell me to police it myself. Oh yeah.
@@MacchiatoSwirlGirl When I was robbed $$$ 1212.64 in SNAP benefits, my caseworker told me to file a police report. Then she told me that I was not going to be reimbursed anything. What did that police report mean???
They ( law enforcement ) told me... ( not They to me.. )
yes the worker cant do anything unless the state says so i was skimmed@@georgelogan677 didnt know they were robbing cash at atms from snap cards since bank cards have chips
we are now in new york pending a payback@@georgelogan677
It's the workers
This Should Be STOPPED !!!
After this happened to me i just started changing my pin every time i use the atm i change it right after.
They can’t take the money out with the wrong pin so keep changing it right after you use it.
Right on. Also cover your hand as you enter your pin. I am disabled and it is very difficult for me to do that.
I Believe My EBT stamps were stolen, because on the friday before labor day, I called and had like $281.00 avalible for saturday, On saturday, I called and there was nothing there! money is being stollen from the EBT cards. With skimming devices. Mr; Mayor Please fix this?
Hello, if you've had your benefits stolen, please report it by calling the fraud hotline at (800) 344-8477. You can learn more on how to report fraud at rivcodpss.org/reporting-fraud-investigations.
I got skimmed of over $1,000 on my food stamp card
They got me for $1212.64 in March, 2023. That was one time too many. I learned the very hard way to do like the potato chips and to get Wise.😮😮😮
It just happened to me today! And im in the L.A. County...
Amateurs typically employ these skimmer devices, while professionals opt for more advanced models that eliminate the need for physical contact with the target machine. In fact, they can discreetly park near banks or commonly frequented convenience stores, effortlessly gathering valuable card information from point of sale (POS) systems. These skilled individuals have developed techniques to intercept communications between the ATM or POS and the Card Authorizer, enabling them to acquire card numbers with ease.
So, I'm not the only one that learned about this due to being a victim?
Sorry it happened to you. Happened to me yesterday.
It's Spanish/Mexicans I caught them left me with. .06cents stole over $900
This just happened to me a few days ago
Happened to my Elderly mother last week! I didn't even get to the store to swipe it through a machine. It was gone the same morning it came in on the 13th. I called to check that morning around 7/7:30am, and by the time I got to the store 8:30am- all the $200+ dollars in SNAP was gone except 13 cents. I called, amazing how they have an attitude up in the HRA Offices! It may be the skimmers doing some of the Fraud, but clearly it's not just skimming going on if peoples benefits are wiped off their cards before they can even get to the store to swipe the damn card! Let's not try to insult tge Recipients intelligence here. It's an INSIDE JOB! Start investigating the CASE WORKERS! WHY? Because they have access to all of the Recipients personal information. From there investigate the corrupt Politicians, because with all these illegal immigrants coming over here getting the *Red Carpet treatment* with our tax payers dollars, before they even get a green card NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED! How are you crossing the border illegally & you get free clothes, cell phones, & $8k in Benefits 👉🏾 NOT EVEN HERE LEGALLY! Do the math...over 10,000 illegals come here daily since Biden got the seat. Plus they all get free housing vouchers, free clothes, cell phones, & $8k in benefits 👉🏾 tax payer dollars. & that's before they get a Green card. Make that make sense. But they on social media making it look like the Recipients are just careless with their EBT Cards! That's pure BS! Between the Skimmers (all store machines should be investigated by the police. & store managers investigated as well). Then focus more on the HRA CASE WORKERS & OFFICES. The same people that handles the Recipients paper work. They should start there to behind with!
You could start by ditching the mag strips entirely.
EBT? Electronic benefit transfer
Thankyou for this information this is very important.
We never even have a chance to use our P-EBT card and more than $1450 was stolen. They used very much all of our benefits to buy things on the internet. How that even possible? We are completely lost and no one could help us.
5 million is amazing and scary
Hello, please call our Fraud Hotline at (800) 344-8477 to file a report. For more information please visit rivcodpss.org/reporting-fraud-investigations.
$1281 just got stolen from my eldest daughters p EBT and used on the internet at a store in Arizona. I’m in Sacramento ca. We never even got the card. So they had to either steal it from the mailbox, or the carrier misplaced our mail, and someone just helped themselves. Either way, they left us with a whopping $9 smh. I was told to file a police report but they doubt anything will get done, I don’t get it.
pebt is not recoverable i dont know if you mean food aor cash i claimed for 235 in new york its recoverable now i made a application to local office a videoonutube from san bernadino calif shows cops catching 3 men using atms to steal from ebt on cards they cloned they could have used any atms and they showed money on the ground they think the crooks have stole a fortune so far they have caught some how do they recover money they have it stashed they must have used for cars and houses@@angelface3619
It's Spanish/Mexicans doing it I caught a husband and wife team left. .06cents & Stole over $900
These ppl that are stealing from the poor will suffer in their old age I bet u
my dad's ebt got skimmed and i went to go check my card and realized i got skimmed too. changed my pin that day.
This happened to me, what should I do? Should I cancel the card and order a new one or simply change my password? Someone has stole my foodstamps the past two months
@@alexakim-vx5ex I'm so sorry to hear this happened to you too! I just changed my pin number and haven't had any issues since. If you want to try to get your benefits back though you need to call the number on the back of your card to let them know your card got skimmed and they'll cancel your card and reissue a new one. You'll also have to call your ebt county hotline to report the amount that got stolen and you might possibly get reimbursed. I'm still waiting to see if my dad's benefits will get reimbursed. I didn't want to deal with the hassle of waiting for a new card (takes 10 days) so I just ate the cost and changed my pin. Next time you go to an atm make sure you hide your pin number as you input it! Good luck to you!
yes not so bad if you have a little money left i was skimmed 234 the same day aug 2nd i got and spent 36 of 270/@@looseelaa
thhey advize a new card and pin change the pin before its loaded i got a new temp card and pin but 0 balane had 234 stolen of 270@@alexakim-vx5ex
@@looseelaadid you end up getting reimbursed?
How does that work with food ebt i didn't use atm and they got me
I tried to go directly to my bank after I know that I have money deposited and directly get it from the teller
It's outrageous that these atm makers dont take PIN safety seriously. It would be easy to make PIN input uncapturable.
so people use an atm for cash benefits not only the food stores but chip cards cant be duplicated so theyget your numbers but alot dont have cash benefits
i think atms are most debit cards that have pins/and chips cash benefits can be accesses at atms and stores can only pay small amounts not like the banks or atms
My food stamps were stolen the past two months!
change your card and pin
. They kept getting it. I went through 2 banks and 8 different cards
I now turn off transactions. They don't get anything now
@cassandradelvegablanco52 how were u able to turn off transactions?? What site or app did u use?
got a new card and pin and changed pin on phone app automated now fine got paid back from new york state social service for scam@@ElfGodd3ss
THE UNITED STATES' OF AMERICA SHOULD STOP THESE THINGS FROM HAPPENING !!!
HOW ???
ADD EXTRA TIME TO THE CHARGES ???
DO SOMETHING TO STOP 🛑 THESE THINGS FROM OCCURING !!!
Thank you they got me this month
Me too they scammed me march 2nd 1,500 cash, April 2nd 1,522 cash and today April 7th my food stamps 800 somthing 😢
Left with 0$ on calfresh and cash aid
@@delilahlopez3917 that's just crazy and then they know it's not you but you have to wait another month for your benefits
@@robbinglenn579 sadly yes 😭 I don’t understand how it takes a month to get my benefits back , also don’t get how it’s still happening how they haven’t caught these thieves when it’s government money there stealing !
Wow how come you get so much cash aid?? I only get 281 in foodstamps and 221 in cash??
Seriously, you are asking clients to inspect EBT ATM machines. Why are the machines so old and not updated with newer technology? How about eliminating manual scanning of a card? Do the machines support card tap like credit cards? Do they support pins that can be more than 4 digits as well as alpha characters? Do the machines support cameras like banks offer? There are ways to prevent someone from sliding in a device into the card reader slot. Is the county putting their best technologists on solving EBT theft? As a work around at least post a guard at each machine until a safer system is created.
This is happening in nyc all over
yah but why take food from poor didnt know so much cash from snap cards was stolen must be bank accts too but dont know how if they all have chips and need a chip card to payback
where are the gold chips such as on the ATM card's ?
It's Spanish/Mexicans doing it i caught'em
It's happening all the time I got hit for 1500 in Stamps in New Jersey I Live in California Sam's Club Secaucus New Jersey 1023 AM July 2nd Easy to look at Video they don't want to know because they in on it
1. ebt is snap or food stamps.
2. i dont think you can draw cash from your food stamps it does not work for me i tried it.
3. even if like 2 you cant draw cash from the food stamps crooks can still skim the payment terminals in the store to get the card info.
4. the phone number on the machine could be fake (crooks have been known to make skimmer overlays that are a copy of the entire front of the atm so the phone number could be changed by one digit such to cause it to fail.
In new York to
Yes they got me before Thanksgiving. Smdh NYC hasn't called me back regarding my claim going on 4 weeks now.
My GR cot skimmed. Just got out of the hole after two weeks.
You can report the fraud on our department's website here: rivcodpss.org/dpss-programs/welfare-fraud-report. In addition, reach out to our Self Sufficiency Customer Service Line at 1-877-410-8827 for benefits support.
But I don’t use my ebt at atm….
yes thats strange and most people dont get cash on ebt thats welfare assistance
yes seems some get cash and they use atm stores wont give that much back the figures are scary and many people are ruined
Here in Wilkes-Barre
It just happened to me
Hello, please report EBT fraud by calling our hotline at (800) 344-8477 or visit rivcodpss.org/Investigations/Report%20Fraud to learn more.
Virginia too
How do they do that
N.Y Brooklyn
i never us ATM machine but still my money was stolen. how?
Hello, if you've had your benefits stolen, please report it by calling the fraud hotline at (800) 344-8477. You can learn more on how to report fraud at rivcodpss.org/reporting-fraud-investigations.
I had my gr account hacked in July. Still haven't been rembursed
CHANGE YOUR PIN EVERY DAY!!! GET DIRECT DEPOSIT!! THE GOVERNMENT FUNDS ARE NOT FDIC INSURED!! thats right, your government's money is not fdic insured... By the GOVERNMENT!! ONCE ITS GONE ITS GONE FOREVER!!! THEY WILL NOT REPLACE YOUR CASH BENEFITS!! CHANGE YOUR PIN EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! CHANGE YOUR PIN EVERY TIME YOU USE IT!!!
it seems its easier to skim an atm the banks may only have one ill ask my bank manager
they dont direct deposit ebt money its loaded on the card thru a bank and is a national ebt system so if you arent carefull take cash out and change pin for next time so thats all you can do
changing everyday isnt nessessary after each use ok
if they had direct deposit this couldnt happen never seen my check missing or checking acct
@@rogerrosen2323 Right which is why I'm confused watching this. 😅 Now if you get cash (TANF) you have to use the ATM to take it out and it would make sense how they're taking people's money. But SNAP isn't "money" per se... like you can't withdraw SNAP money/ balance at an ATM. So like I said ,I'm confused by this video. 🤔
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Yes because my card info were stolen from somebody in North Carolina
Switch pin the day before your benefits come
MATATAN
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This just happened to someone I know and they live in Riverside County
So also in New York
im in ny lost 234 of 270 taken in colrado and spent im un ny in colotado they say a law id coming out to reimburse i wont be a victim again i can easily change the pin online and be carefull of the terminals some are foolproof if they are small but most have a slot on the side i will inform cashiers about it once you change the pin after using it it cant be hacked from any skim/yes taake out all the cash if you have any usually its 500 a day dont know how they got more unless ebt is different yes cash is endless food what are tnhey doing with it
Ebt benefits are only twenty three a month not wirthskimming
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OMG this been going on for 20 years. You guys 👦 are ways too late to brought this up. Is so dumb.