The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department has reported that someone placed an information recording device in the ATM at a Washington Mutual. The device records the card and PIN numbers of ATM users.
The device was found by a technician on March 17, however authorities are unsure how long it may have been in use.
Anyone who has used the ATM at the Washington Mutual at 11200 Gold Express Drive in Gold River should pay careful attention to their bank statements and report any suspicious activity immediately.
For more information about what to do if your ATM card information is lost or stolen, please click here.
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For crying out loud, doesn’t anyone proof read anymore! ‘Devise’ is to conceive a new idea, a ‘device’ is a tool or machine designed for a particular task or function.
One would think that a news outlet could do better.
Mike, sometimes to get news out quickly we may misspell a word or two. I think the larger issue here is how does someone get away with this. There are video cameras recording at ATM’s. I would hope all branches are watchful of this type of identity theft.
shoot we use that place all the time
the only WAMU in the area.
I went to the bank and spoke to an employee, they said it never happened and did not know what I was talking about so good luck.
Randy- You’d think the bank employees would not only know about this, but would be even more vigilant in their security practices. I have been told by a couple WaMu customers that WaMu sent out notices to their customers alerting them to the potential security breach.
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