SkimProt - protective sticker for credit cards against skimming, data copying and credit card fraud

Protect your bank card from skimming

SkimProt is a protective sticker that is attached to the magnetic strip of the bank card.It protects your bank card against skimming, data copying and credit card fraud.For use with chip cards only.

SkimProt protects the information in the magnetic strip of the card. At the same time the sticker gives instructions to the device to use the card's chip.

95% from the ATMs and POS terminals in Europe are compatible with the new chip technology, but the cards are still produced with a magnetic strip, to be compatible with the older generation devices.

100% PROTECTION

Skimmers installed on ATMs are usually undetectable. Users do not even understand that their card is copied while using the device.

In shops, restaurants in all retail outlets, criminal employees skimming cards to its customers through tiny handheld readers.

There are already computer viruses and the hackers infect ATMs and POS terminals, which operate as virtual skimmers.

Skimming statistics

• The annual losses from the skimming are about € 5.5 billion, worldwide.
• There is an increase of the skimming of about 15% annually over the last five years.
• 80% - 90% of all bank card fraud are related to the skimming.
• Average theft of card skimming is between 500 and 1,200 euros.
• In the last year the total skimming losses are more than 38 million pounds in England, 70 million euro in Germany , and 1 billion USD in USA.

What is SkimProt?

SkimProt is a high technology sticker. It is composed of four layers, that protect bank cards with chip.

• PROTECTIVE LAYER - It protects the sticker in everyday use of the bank card.
• MAGNETIC LAYER - Magnetic tape with a recorded code indicating ATM to read the chip on the card and zeros instead of the information on the map.
• SHIELDING LAYER - Material designed specifically for SkimProt, that completely hides the information from the magnetic strip of the card.
• FIXING LAYER - Specialized adhesive that adheres well to the card and can easily be peeled off when it is necessary, at the same time.

How to use it?

Using SkimProt to protect your bank card is quick and easy. The following steps are necessary:

• Clean the surface of the magnetic strip of the bank card with a soft cloth dipped in water or a weak alcohol solution.
• Place the bank card into the enclosed sleeve so that the magnetic strip fits into the opening of the sleeve.
• Remove the protective sticker from the pad and stick it on the magnetic strip, carefully following the contours of the sleeve opening. Make sure that the rounded corners of the sticker and those of the card match and that the sticker does not go beyond the outlines of the card.
• Press SkimProt firmly to ensure that it is securely attached. If the sticker is placed incorrectly or its integrity is compromised, ATMs will not accept the bank card.

Use the protected card in the usual way. If the ATM or terminal does not have a chip reader, you can remove the sticker and use your card unprotected..

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