Texas Woman's Video Of Busting Credit Card Skimmer Goes Viral

A Texas woman’s TikTok video of her busting a credit card skimmer at a 7-Eleven has gone viral. NBC News’ Morgan Chesky meets with the woman to discuss how she was able to detect the scam.

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[shanedelawder]

It is genuinely frustrating. I've been scammed out of $1, 500 at a Walgreens in Minneapolis Minnesota. I literally asked the store if they can review the cameras to see the person who put the credit card scammer device over the authentic one then they refuse to even show me anything. Made a affidavit with Wells Fargo literally the next 48 hours I got all my money back because they got law enforcement involved and they found out who did it it was a store manager. So it's not always a customer that's doing it sometimes it's an inside job.

[aprilgarcia]

I love that she just snatched that piece off the reader with no hesitation. I feel you girl. Can't trust nobody

[corinfletcher]

I worked for a 7-eleven. I can guarantee inspecting the card readers is NOT a policy. That statement from the corporate representative was a straight-up lie.

[curiouspantrea]

Thanks to her inquisitive mind she saved many people from getting scammed. Bravo girl!

[vissitorsteve]

Good for her! Most people would never have investigated on their own the way she did. Her actions likely saved a lot of others from being scammed.

[Jumbaride]

This woman is a BOSS. She popped that cover OFF.

[hawkeye]

" She had a suspicion something wasn't right and went back to investigate. " You go girl.

[intraterrestrial]

Smart woman. I’m glad some people are still paying attention to things.

[kerryquinn]

Well done that lady, she has commonsense, logic, determination and confidence. She has saved many people from the same experience and helped to bring justice to the perpetrators, hopefully.

[justanaverageguy]

There's no way that skimmer could've been installed without the store staff knowing.

[RishayanPorMexico]

Bet you it was an inside job. Besides, all these stores have all these cameras going, they should be able to detect who did it...unless...the store is uncooperative as this store seems to be....I avoid these convenience stores like the plague, as I worked at many of them when I was younger, and I know just how corrupt and crooked many of the employees, as well as management can be.

[salahuddinmuhammad]

I'm glad she caught them and was so resourceful

[LITTLE]

That woman is smart. She just helped other people get the warning. Glad she got her money.

[goldengod]

“The machine should be flat. There should be no gaps” that’s a very important line

[gclytzl]

The companies that don’t police their machines should be liable for the damages. It’s their responsibility to ensure their machines are not tampered with. Many times it turns out to be the store workers/owners that commit these crimes.

[userunknownx]

Thank you, for doing this. I knew about skimmers on the gas pumps, but I can't see this happening without help from an employee.

[hebneh]

Tremendous admiration for how she figured this out and then has a video to show millions of us how this scam works! She’s provided a huge service for so many people.

[AggresivelyBenign]

Shouldn’t store managers be held responsible in some way? How did someone not see that?!?

[JordanRA]

Sounds like the store is in on the scam. Declining to comment? Extremely suspect. Good community service right here for this young lady saving potentially hundreds of people from being scammed like this and bringing it to light. Incredibly smart thinking.

[bigg]

This happened to me one time. I live pay check to paycheck and had no money to buy food or pay my rent after my account was drained. I called my bank and was issued a new card and they did eventually get back my money but I went a whole week without any money and missed my rent payment date. This is a horrible crime against people who mostly just live check to check.