Skimmers

Investigators with the Northeast Texas Financial Crimes Task Force working on removing a credit card skimmer device they located Thursday at the Exxon gas station at 2615 E. Commerce St. (LouAnna Campbell/Tyler Morning Telegraph)

Components of a credit card skimming device are shown inside of a gas pump at the Exxon gas station at 2615 E. Commerce St. The smaller strip on the right is the device that trasnsmitts the credit card information to the criminals who installed the device. Detectives with the Northeast Texas Financial Crimes Task Force located the skimmer Thursday during a random check of the gas station. (LouAnna Campbell/Tyler Morning Telegraph)