We have turned all our currency into a digital one for the sake of comfort.The digitalized way of money transfer through Credit card terminal is not as safe as you think! Here we Power Humans have picked up some useful tips that will help you out to use your credit card in a safer way. Here we let you know the difference between the skimmer and a genuine credit card terminal.

A skimmer has very low space left for the card to be inserted.

A Genuine one has a more place at the bottom to insert the card.

A skimmer has more width in the ribs.

When cards are inserted in skimmers, it blocks some data, as a result, the screen of the machine appears dull.

This is how an actual machine looks like a brighter screen

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When the card is scanned in a skimmer, a green light doesn’t appear.

When it is safe, a green light with LED displays appears.

Frequent errors in operation is a suspicious sign of a skimmer. It happens as it takes a more time for taking of your information from your credit card.

Do you find any stylus attached to the machine? It is quite suspicious that a genuine credit card terminal never comes with a stylus.

Even though we have helped you many tips, its advisable to have separate cards with optimal funds that you use on these machines.

You can set block limit in your bank account as it automatically locks after a certain amount. Through this way, your money can’t be transferred even through a skimmer.

It’s always wiser to do the transaction process yourself and not lending the card to the employee of the store.

Always spend some time to check your bill as a bill without ”  amount paid ” is not a genuine one.

You can go for card insurance policies that some bank offers. 

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