Warning as card cloning device found at Asda Kingswood petrol station – Hull Daily Mail

Drivers are being urged to check their bank accounts after a suspected card cloning device was found at a supermarket petrol pump.

A member of the public went to use the self-pay machine attached to pump ten at Asda Kingswood on Thursday and said when they withdrew their card, the card reader fell into their hands.

In a statement posted on the Kingswood Neighbourhood Network Hull Facebook page, a spokesman said: "We started receiving messages yesterday about a possible card cloning device attached to pay at the pump number ten.

"The police has just verified this information as correct. They went on to say that the device is now in police custody and the pumps are safe to use, but added for customers to remain vigilant and, if in doubt, do not use the self- pay pumps but pay with the cashier.

"Anybody who thinks they may have used this pump should check their bank account immediately!!"

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Police have now deemed all pumps to be safe to use, however drivers who believe they have used pump ten, which is second on the left hand side as you enter the forecourt, are being asked to check their bank accounts.

One user is believed to have had 200 taken from their account.

In a post to the Facebook group, one person wrote: "Someone in Barbados attempted to use my details to take 200 from my account after I used this pump on Thursday. While at the Asda Kingswood I placed my card in no10 petrol pump. It had a fake card reader all wired up to a phone battery which had been placed over the original card slot.

"I handed it in to Asda security and rang police, so if you know of anyone who used Asda petrol station Kingswood pump no10 please share this."

A spokeswoman for Humberside Police said: "An investigation has been launched after a suspicious device was found attached to a pay at pump machine at a petrol station in Althorp Road, Hull. We were alerted at shortly before 10.30am on Friday, April 14 and the device was immediately removed.

"If you have filled up at the station recently please contact your bank and check your statement to ensure no additional transactions have been processed."

If you believe you have seen anyone acting suspiciously in the area, please call 101, quoting log number 215 of April 14

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