Apr 7 2009Man Finds Card Number Skimmer Attached To ATM, Removes, Takes Pictures, Internets
A man, Dan we'll call him, because that's his name (or is it? Allegedly it is), visited a Washington Mutual ATM to get some money. Pretty normal story so far, right? Did I mention he was wearing a dinosaur costume? He wasn't -- but you're right, that would have added a sexy twist. Well, when Danald was about to stick his junk in the machine, he noticed something fishy -- the junk receptacle just didn't feel right. So he ripped it off and, HIYO, a card skimmer! For those of you not in on the government conspiracy, skimmers are used to steal your credit card numbers and join adult websites. *ahem* So I've heard. Seriously though, I don't need technology to score women's numbers. Here, watch me work my magic on this chick.
Hey good lookin', what's your name? Oooh, Jenny, I like that. I'm Dick Dragon. I write Geekologie -- maybe you've heard of it? G-E-E-K-O-L-O-G-I-E. It's a website. Just Myspace, huh? Well listen -- you wanna come back to my place later and play strip Risk? No? Well how about you write your number down on this bar napkin anyways. Whoa, you actually did. 867-5309, I'll be calling you later. *wink*
A Man Finds an Actual Card Skimmer in the Wild, in the Flesh [gizmodo]
Reader Comments
1. mart - April 7, 2009 5:08 PM
first
2. catch22 - April 7, 2009 5:13 PM
...cute
3. Boost - April 7, 2009 5:14 PM
I don't understand.
How is it supposed to "skim" anything? Was there a hole behind it?
4. Fuzzy Ink - April 7, 2009 5:15 PM
I actually had one of these steal my card number last year. Luckily I was able to catch it very quickly and cancel the purchases and my card. Weak sauce.
5. guate6 - April 7, 2009 5:17 PM
Good call from this guy...all the bastards who steal card numbers should be punished...a lot.
6. dubba - April 7, 2009 5:19 PM
so this idiot risking being caught on all these bank cameras has the balls to attempt this...
i hope they catch him in record time and kill his family and pets just before sending them to prison where they will be starved for a week or so before being put in a room with 8 other inmates and having it declared that "the last one alive gets a steak"
..also the steak will be poisoned
7. Ginormagantuan - April 7, 2009 5:21 PM
YEYYYYEYYYYYYY!!!!!!! hmm...... them thangs be danjarous knaaameen juknowhattamsayeen! they's be taking the sheet outta ya numbaz an shytT! and your money and sheeat! yahear, wyt da gawdzylla cawstume wawlken up ta that ATM and hooka muhfukka up with some skimma akchun!
I"M THE BIGGEST BAWS THAT YOU SEEN THUS FAR NEEYUKUH!
8. Ian Cunningham (Izzy) - April 7, 2009 5:29 PM
WTF who's phone number is that!?!? lol
9. Chuck Nunchuck - April 7, 2009 5:31 PM
i just called the phone number and some little girl was mumbling about pizza this or kidnap this, i forgot.
10. Tennist0 - April 7, 2009 5:47 PM
chuck, too bad there was no given area code :(
11. LSDiesel - April 7, 2009 5:54 PM
I feel kinda gipped on the posts today GW.
Don't you have a quota or something to meet?
And where the hell is Thumperchica?
12. mormon chick - April 7, 2009 6:07 PM
How many other girls who read the GW's hit or miss stand up routine think he's pretty much turned into a creep? New shtick please
13. I'm a Computer - April 7, 2009 6:30 PM
So this credit card "skimmer" is designed to wash, disinfect and deodorize your credit card without you even noticing? OMFG that is extremely pleasantly scary! I will call the police.
14. heather - April 7, 2009 6:33 PM
I believe that's Jenny's number. He got it from the wall and needs to make her his. Jenny don't change your number. You're the girl for him.
15. Milkman - April 7, 2009 6:36 PM
Wow are you all kids or what? Can't believe you didn't get the Tommy Tutone ref
16. Ashy - April 7, 2009 6:54 PM
@12 Mormon chick there are several inconsistencies with your post.
First, Mormons don't believe in the internet so how are you here?
Second, there are no women on the internet.
Third, I like GW's shtick......wait what?
and finally, there are no women on the internet.
LOGIC.
17. baby face - April 7, 2009 6:57 PM
@12. He has definitely turned into a creep. And that turns my twat into a salivating venus peen trap.
18. Fuzzy Ink - April 7, 2009 6:59 PM
@17. Wow...wow...choke...wow...
19. Watch - April 7, 2009 7:14 PM
how will the police catch the card thief when the victim has taken the physical evidence off of the atm?
20. Melissa - April 7, 2009 7:22 PM
Good call. Yesterday I saw 2 guys stealing from Walmart and I didn't do anything. Why? Because I had shit to do and I f*cking hate Walmart. In my opinion, they should get looted on a weekly basis; however, I wouldn't participate in the looting. Morals.
21. Watch - April 7, 2009 7:26 PM
@ 3, it uses a device to read your card info as you put it in
22. Ocelot - April 7, 2009 7:28 PM
First of all, GW is a genius, and his "shtick" is a nothing but that, he's obviosuly not being serious!
You would have to be a retarded mormon or something to not see that...
23. hollywood_hillbilly - April 7, 2009 8:13 PM
@#12 you are going to hell for using the internet.
@#15 FAIL, see #14
as for the post, seriously, double sided tape.... try cyanoacrylate or binary epoxy next time.
24. Jrdn - April 7, 2009 8:15 PM
i so wanted to give him my number after that.
25. Naterator - April 7, 2009 8:56 PM
FAKE!!!!!
This is a total photoshop job. You can tell because the shadows are all wrong.
This iss just like that scene from the movie Never Back Down where Rabbit says Thanksgiving is over and then the world blows up.
26. Nathan - April 7, 2009 8:58 PM
Strip Risk...that sounds exciting, but i wouldn't loose very much clothing ^_^
27. the Commish - April 7, 2009 9:01 PM
FAIL!! This post fails on so many levels. Who the hell cares!?
This is just like that time Will Smith met up with some old government dude because the NSA was all up in his shit. Will's new friend didn't give a crap about how they were getting all his personal information but, then, Will bought some kitty chow for his cat. After that, they became good buddies and toppled the massive government conspiracy to gather unsuspecting consumers' credit card numbers in order to use them on the internets for buying snuggies for homeless kids in Malawi since Madonna has been banned.
28. Geologygal420 - April 7, 2009 9:02 PM
@12 Seriously mormonchick? martin harris dum dum dum... and shouldn't your special underwear keep you away from websites like this?
Clearly you are not a big enough nerd to understand just how undeniably sexy the geekologie writer is. He gets me off faster than that postcard from dinosaur national park.
29. cthulhulovesyou23 - April 7, 2009 11:25 PM
Wow, WaMu FAIL!
@17 ROFL... me too!
@25 You're a tool
30. Barry LeFarge - April 8, 2009 1:09 AM
F.U. WAMU!
31. Melanie - April 8, 2009 1:14 AM
NO WAI THIS IS A DICK DRAGON!!!!!
32. Melanie - April 8, 2009 1:14 AM
NSFW:
http://blog.lamiaombra.it/wp-content/uploads/dragon_penis.jpg
33. Graf Zeppelin - April 8, 2009 5:55 AM
Umm... doesn't anybody feel it sounds pretty stupid to steal hardware from gangsters??? what do you do if they're sitting in their car with laserguns waiting to harvest the numbers just a block away? these guys don't actually go very far from that equipment do they? I wouldn't touch that thing... with my penis or otherwise.
34. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - April 8, 2009 7:13 AM
@32
Please remember type NSFW next time you link. I was expecting a cartoon dragon being kicked in the balls.
35. ~zeus~ - April 8, 2009 7:49 AM
damn you 32, DAMN U!
36. amishgal - April 8, 2009 9:25 AM
i am offended at all of you, i will cry now
37. meowmo - April 8, 2009 9:33 AM
eight six seven five three oh ni-eye-ne
you failed in your dream scenario!
38. Daisy - April 8, 2009 12:02 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never BAck Down where Max and BAja drove to PA with the fugitive guy to videotape the ground hog. Max got stuck in that day and had years and years of ground hoggery until he got Clara Clayton to fall in love with him. Unfortunately by the time that happened he got sick of her.
39. Admiral Adama - April 8, 2009 5:13 PM
Sounds like a Cylon trick to me. Frakin toasters always stealing my credit card numbers.
40. Jocey.Floss - April 9, 2009 12:03 PM
Ha ha, funny.
41. naas - April 11, 2009 11:31 AM
lol, danald, yey #41!!!...........................
42. Brittney - September 8, 2009 9:11 AM
You sad, sad people. Jenny (867-5309) is a song by Tommy Tu-Tone. Its rather pathetic that you didn't catch that.
And GW, I'd give you my number any day. I'm a hot, young Aussie girl ;)
Lol. The skimmer must've been really badly concealed for some normal person to realize it was there.