# @icanhelpofficial on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C2h64wsrMYu
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10796849-icanhelpofficial-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/c803ed9109.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-01-25T16:30:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Digital4Good + #ICANHELP (@icanhelpofficial) — https://gondola.cc/icanhelpofficial

## Caption

2022 saw a 368% spike in compromised card information due to skimmers, with over 161,000 impacted cards — almost 5 times more credit and debit card skimming scams than the previous year❗️

➡️ Card skimmers are deceptive devices designed to mimic legitimate point-of-sale terminals. They are usually attached to a merchant's credit/debit card terminal to illicitly steal your payment data when a card is swiped or inserted into the card terminal. 

Many card skimmers target financially vulnerable populations, such as low-income areas or campuses. Whether in the form of false keypads or card-slot attachments, card skimming is a threat to the cybersecurity of students across the country.

✅ Learn more about the risks that skimming poses to our children and students by clicking the link in our bio ⬆️ and selecting "Blog." 

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## Tags

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