If you own a gas station or truck stop, you probably know how damaging card skimming can be to your customers. This is especially true at the pumps. If your customers learn that their financial information and money were stolen while filling up at your location, it can be damaging to your reputation and business as well. If you are unaware of what card skimming is and why it is dangerous, the following can help.<\/p>\n
This is an illegal act that involves someone placing a small machine known as a skimmer onto the card slot of a fuel pump or other machine. The skimmer can take information like credit card numbers, zip codes, and PIN numbers.<\/p>\n
Card skimming may not seem easy, because the criminal will need access to supposedly secure machines. But, this crime is becoming more popular because of how easy it is to accomplish. Often times, the skimmer itself will match the color of the fuel pump card slot so both you and customers can\u2019t tell it\u2019s there.<\/p>\n
Your first defense as a business owner should be to educate yourself and your employees. If they know how to catch card skimming before it happens, you can stop the crime before it becomes an issue.<\/p>\n
One way to watch out for your business is to know exactly how much fuel you have and how much it costs you. You should be aware of these factors at all times. If costs and sales do not remain where you think they should, along with the strange card reader messages, there is a chance your pumps could have been hit with a card skimmer.<\/p>\n
If you would like to learn more about how managing your fuel can protect your business, contact the experts at Kendrick Oil Company. We offer a variety of high-quality fuel Products and Services<\/a> available throughout Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Louisiana. You can reach us at (800) 299-3991<\/a> or Send Us an Email<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you own a gas station or truck stop, you probably know how damaging card skimming can be to your customers. This is especially true at the pumps. If your…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,50,51],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}