Police Find 6 Credit Card Skimmers On Mobil Pumps: Report

OAK CREEK, WI -- Police in Oak Creek say they've recovered several credit card skimmers on the Oak Creek Mobil gas station after one of the station's employees started getting calls about fraudulent credit card charges from customers.

Police in Oak Creek responded to the Mobil gas station at 9510 S. 27th Street just after 7 p.m. on Oct. 16 on a report that one of the employees found multiple skimmers on gas pumps. Police say the employee initially found six skimmers, and police collected them as evidence.

Police said that the skimmers were not located on the outside of the gas pumps, but rather on the inside, hooked into the motherboard of the gas pump's electronics system.

According to reports, the Mobil employee contacted police after they started fielding calls stating that they found fraudulent charges on their credit cards after using the gas station.

Police are following up on this case.

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