Protect Your Credit Card by Looking for Gas Station Security Labels

Thieves find plenty of creative ways to steal your financial information.

Skimming gas station credit card readers is a popular method.

Thankfully, some pumps make it easy to see if they’ve been broken into with tamper-evident labels.

Maybe you’ve noticed these labels, but they’re easy to overlook.

They’re essentially stickers that are fixed across the pump and the hatch of the credit card unit.

If the label is there, it’s always important to confirm it hasn’t been broken.

Theabove videoshows you how these labels are usually affixed on pumps.

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