She Walked Into 7-Eleven, What She Did Next Went Totally Viral!

Be Careful the Next Time You Use a Card Reader…

One Texas resident didn’t expect to become a victim of theft after making her usual purchase at a local 7-Eleven, but thanks to a credit card skimmer on the card reader that drained her bank account, she was.

Nyshje Rattler recorded a video of her discovery and shared it on TikTok.

“I’ve always heard of it happening at the gas pumps. I always tug on it, but I’ve never heard of it happening inside a store,” Rattler said. “I didn’t think it would happen in McKinney of all places.”

She told NBC-DFW that she first discovered something was wrong when she tried to buy a bag of potato chips at a convenience store and was informed that she had insufficient funds.

“They said: You don’t have the money. And I said: Excuse me?” she told the news outlet.

Worried about what was happening, she contacted her bank and was informed that her account had been ‘wiped clean.’

Watch it here: NBCNews/Youtube

She says that her bank told her there were numerous transactions made on her account.

“They said $300 was spent at Walmart in Houston. $200 at a Walmart in Katy. $187 at a Walmart in Houston,” Rattler said. “I was like, ‘That’s not me.'”

She then recalled making a purchase on Monday night at the 7-Eleven along Medical Center Drive where she typically makes small purchases about five times a week.

“He was obsessive about how I placed the pen down so I thought that was weird,” Rattler said. “I kept replaying it in my head.”

Thinking about what happened, she recalled credit card skimmers in Los Angeles and decided to return to the store to inspect both of its card readers.

“I compared the two and I noticed that the one I grabbed was bulkier on the side, kind of sticking out. It wasn’t flat like they said. So, I just lifted it up and it came up,” she said.

Speaking with local news outlet KTVT-TV, police said: “The skimmer is made up of a replacement cover, likely purchased online by a criminal, outfitted with a computer board that can be accessed wirelessly, and placed on top of the store’s identical credit card reader.”

Skimmers are devices criminals place over credit card readers to collect card numbers.

The case has been handed over to McKinney Police who are now investigating.

“The skimmer is being forensically examined right now,” said McKinney Police Department spokeswoman Carla Marion Reeves.

7-Eleven provided a statement and said that the company “takes allegations involving card skimmers very seriously. 7-Eleven inspects gas pumps and card readers regularly and cooperates closely with law enforcement regarding related investigations.”

Meanwhile, the video Rattler posted on TitTok went viral, and has been viewed over 21 million times in its first week. This case can serve as a lesson to everyone to be aware of their surroundings. Anyone can become a victim at any time.

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