List of Giant Eagle stores where credit card skimmers were found
SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio (WJW) – Giant Eagle is warning some customers to keep a close eye on their account statements after credit card skimmers were found inside multiple stores.
A company spokesperson told FOX 8 Wednesday that five of the devices were located inside five store locations between Nov. 3 and Nov. 9.
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Identity thieves attach the devices to PIN pads at registers so they can steal a persons account information and make fraudulent purchases.
The locations where the skimmers were found are:
4000 West Powell Road, Powell, Ohio
2801 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio
6300 Biddulph Road, Brooklyn, Ohio
1825 Snow Road, Parma, Ohio
4401 Mayfield Road, South Euclid, Ohio
“I don’t know how these operations are able to get them into publicly patronized places like this. I mean you, get high usage, high traffic coming through here,” said Dave Austin, a South Euclid shopper.
How it happened is under investigation and Giant Eagle has retrained store team members on identifying skimmer devices.
Also, Giant Eagle immediately inspected all PIN pads across supermarkets chainwide.
They shut down the lanes impacted, removed the PIN pads and devices and then sent them out for “forensic analysis.”
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They think the number of shoppers affected is small and only those who “swiped” their payment card with the magnetic strip.
Those that insert or tap chipped cards are not affected.
However, everyone who shopped at those five locations is encouraged to closely monitor their account statements for fraudulent activity and to report any potential identity theft to law enforcement.
“Something needs to be done,” said Austin. “To the fullest extent of the law, they need to be jailed, prosecuted, stuff like that. I mean, that’s messed up.”
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