I live in Vienna Austria and here we use a payment system called Bankomat. Some machines were found with a cover over them that allowed criminals to get your card security details to either steal money from your account or make purchases.
The cover looked like the original and did not interfere with the purchases. Some people did report that their cards had to be inserted farther into the machine and they were difficult to remove, but otherwise you would not notice
How did it work? As the card was inserted it would record the magnetic strip details. When the PIN was typed it would be recorded while at the same time allow the original keys to be pressed. The cover was later collected and the information was used to steal money from your account.
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Xg6bOH I want to say – thank you for this!