wireless. there is a rogue fraudster in the parking lot that monitoring on a laptop live what activity s going on this pin pad including the pin number and the account information. not only are they monitoring it, they can start printing the information right away. absolutely. all that data that comes from this piece of equipment here is quickly captured on to some magnetic strip like this. write the pin number and then you have the new bank card. reporter: police are proactive warning merchants of how fast crime tactics are evolving. just to provide you information on preventing yourself, your business being a target. we ve got a swarovski criticalized debit machine. it is interesting. you know, like, people say if they put a sticker on it and stuff it s easy to replicate. you can go out and buy a sticker and you never know the difference. this is hard to replicate.
quickly captured on to some of the magnetic strip like this and write what the p.i.n. number is on the card and then you have your bankcard. reporter: police are being proactive, warning merchants how fast crime tactics are emerging. to provide you with information on preventing yourself, your business, being a target. we have crystalized debit machines. a lot of people say if they put a sticker on it, it is easy to replicate. you can go out and buy a sticker and stick it on there and never know the difference. this is hard to replicate. reporter: there are self-powered card skimmers thieves place over the top of the bank s card slot. your card is taken into the machine and still do your transaction so everything looks normal. as you flip back through after the transaction is made, it is captured on this device here, including your p.i.n. number. reporter: you can get wallets