KY authorities share steps to protect yourself from skimmers [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky authorities are warning the community about credit card skimmers appearing in retail and grocery stores.

In a post on social media, Elizabethtown Police (EPD) said over the past few months, they’ve had three cases of skimmers being set up in retail stores at both self checkout and staffed checkout counters. 

“This scam can happen anywhere, big box stores or mom-and-pop stores,” EPD spokesperson Chris Denham said.

Police found items that looked like your normal card readers placed over the pin pads. Denham said it’s easy to mistake the real reader from the fake reader. 

“It simply lays over the original equipment and as the victim enters their card, their information is compromised,” he said. 

They suggested using tap to pay instead of swiping or inserting your card as it may prevent …