SkimProt Mexico

It comprises of 4 layers which safeguard smart cards from data theft and fraud. PROTECTIVE LAYER
A protective coating shields the sticker during the daily use of your bank card. MAGNETIC LAYER
A magnetic stripe containing a code, instructing ATMs to use the card’s chip and zeros in place of card information. SCREENING LAYER
A material designed specifically for SkimProt, covering completely the information contained in the card’s magnetic stripe. ADHESIVE LAYER
A specialized glue which adheres securely to the card and at the same time can be easily peeled off, if necessary. According to the FBI, cloning is the copying of data from the magnetic stripe of the bank card by means of an illegal scanner (skimmer). Skimmers installed on ATMs are usually very hard to detect. Users don’t even notice that their card data is being copied while they are using the machine. In shops, dishonest employees skim the cards of their clients by means of miniature hand-held readers. Now there are even viruses which can be used by hackers to infect ATMs and POS terminals and which serve as virtual skimmers.