Major card skimming scam smashed

A MAJOR card skimming scam has been smashed after six people were arrested in a series of early morning raids by gardaí probing a gang targeting machines across the country.

Cameras, skimmers, a card making machine, a large number of bank and credit cards and €20,000 cash were seized during searches of houses in Bray, Co Wicklow, and in north Dublin.

The raids were linked to a scam where sophisticated skimmers attached to ATM machine slots are used to copy a card’s magnetic strip while tiny cameras record the pin numbers as unsuspecting victims key them in.