Examples of skimming in a Sentence
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Skimming fraud on the rise Authorities across the nation have prosecuted scammers using skimming devices that have stolen millions from Americans through skimming technology at fuel pumps, registers and ATMs.
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Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
Prosecutors in California say the Romanian mafia has given a new look to an old scam — debit card skimming — by placing devices to steal personal information on self-checkout machines in grocery stores.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 27 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, on the street, four people associated with those involved in the skimming scheme have been murdered since 1975: two Chicago gangsters who worked in Las Vegas, a former business associate of Glick and a pit boss who worked for Glick.
—Mary Zahn and Bill Janz, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
His sons, John and Joseph, were acquitted of the skimming charges, but were sent to prison for extortion.
—Mary Zahn and Bill Janz, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
With many debit cards and credit cards shipping with NFC, there is a real risk that valuable financial information can be skimmed—even if the skimming is not done with malicious intent.
—Chuong Nguyen, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2023
Soto said the three contributions amounted to somewhat less than the $2 million that López Nájera had claimed, a discrepancy the agents attributed to customary skimming.
—Tim Golden, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2024
There are three types of credit card skimming: gas pump skimming, ATM skimming and point-of-sale skimming.
—Dalia Faheid, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2024
Those who didn’t, on average, spent roughly a minute skimming policies that would’ve taken an ordinary person 15-17 minutes to actually read, let alone comprehend.
—Dell Cameron, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2024
Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
Prosecutors in California say the Romanian mafia has given a new look to an old scam — debit card skimming — by placing devices to steal personal information on self-checkout machines in grocery stores.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 27 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, on the street, four people associated with those involved in the skimming scheme have been murdered since 1975: two Chicago gangsters who worked in Las Vegas, a former business associate of Glick and a pit boss who worked for Glick.
—Mary Zahn and Bill Janz, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
His sons, John and Joseph, were acquitted of the skimming charges, but were sent to prison for extortion.
—Mary Zahn and Bill Janz, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
With many debit cards and credit cards shipping with NFC, there is a real risk that valuable financial information can be skimmed—even if the skimming is not done with malicious intent.
—Chuong Nguyen, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2023
Soto said the three contributions amounted to somewhat less than the $2 million that López Nájera had claimed, a discrepancy the agents attributed to customary skimming.
—Tim Golden, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2024
There are three types of credit card skimming: gas pump skimming, ATM skimming and point-of-sale skimming.
—Dalia Faheid, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2024
Those who didn’t, on average, spent roughly a minute skimming policies that would’ve taken an ordinary person 15-17 minutes to actually read, let alone comprehend.
—Dell Cameron, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2024
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“Skimming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skimming. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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