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Reporter when youre a size 14 the dress is on. Reporter the thought of standing next to a bride who looks like this can be daunting. My hips are too big. Reporter but Christina Maher is up to the challenge. Id really like to be a size 10. Cross my fingers. Reporter to shed all those pounds christina is quite literally putting her money where her mouth is. I started the diet bet three months ago. Reporter each month she pays 385 to healthy wage, a company that allows you to place a bet that you can lose the weight. The wager if she loses 40 pounds in six months, shell win 5,000 plus get all her money back for a grand total of 7,310. I am now down 20 pounds, which is great. And so i have another 20 to go. You have a goal. Reporter but if christina doesnt lose the weight, shes out thousands of dollars. I really need to get myself into gear so i can win this bet because i cannot afford not to. Reporter with all her money on the line, this could be just the ultimate motivation to shed the pounds. But can she do it . According to studies, people using money as a motivator are five times more likely to reach their goal weight. Could this be the future of dieting . Betting for weight loss is like betting on your retirement at caesars. Reporter not according to dave zinzanko, fitness expert and author of eat it to beat it. People go on these shortterm like diet crashes and then they immediately want to reward themselves at end of it and they do that with a bag of oreos. Reporter healthy wage says its already paid out more than 2 million in prize money. Yet only 1 3 of participants actually win their bets. In our view theres always a win somewhere. I mean, the people who the number of people who make a bet and then just fall off the radar are very few. Almost everyone loses some weight. The question is are you going to accomplish your goal . Reporter christinas hoping she can beat the odds and actually win. Her weight has been a lifelong struggle. I remember being 6 years old and thinking that i was overweight. I got on a scale and thinking i was fat. Reporter at her heaviest she was 295 pounds. You tried everything. Everything that you can imagine. I almost feel like im such an expert on losing weight. Its just the actual followthrough that i, you know, struggled with over the years. Reporter after a promising start two months after the trip to the bridal salon christinas only dropped eight pounds. I have another 12 pounds. I need to be 194 pounds to win the bet. And how much time do you have to go . I have a little bit more than a month. Reporter but shes fallen off the wagon a few times. Id have a cookie. And then id have a whole package of cookies or i would eat an entire pint of ice cream. Reporter so with just one month to go, christina has to kick her diet into high gear, eating only 1,600 calories a day. I literally weigh to the gram of pretty much everything. Reporter she opts to track her weight online by recording every calorie she consumes. And tracks every step she takes with a fit bit. I have 4,034 steps right now. Reporter the weight is coming off. I used to wear this as a shirt. Now it comes down to almost my knees. Reporter but as far as shes come, it may not be enough. 206. 8. Its a little bit higher than it was yesterday. Reporter but can christina lose enough in time to win the bet . Remember, more than 7,000 is on the line. Two weeks later, christina is riding high. She lost 34 pounds in 5 1 2 months. Ive been going a little low carb and a little bit lower calorie. So now im eating closer to 1,200, 1,300. Reporter restricting her calorie intake, christina has scaled back her workouts. Thats why ive been walking in the park a lot and getting in as many steps as possible. Reporter and powers through her hunger pains. For now its still fruit and water. Whats the first thing youre going to eat when the bet is over . A slice of pizza and a piece of ice cream cake. Reporter four days later, the moment of truth. She weighs in at 193 pounds, winning the bet with one pound to spare. What did it feel like when you stepped on that scale . Relief. And excitement. Looking at the scale and seeing my progress, i couldnt believe it. And i was so happy. Reporter christinas weighins were all selfreported, which means healthy wage is taking her at her word. You couldnt really just rely on somebodys video. Maybe they cheated the scale somehow. Were pretty good at detecting cheaters and making sure that everybody is actually losing weight and not trying to cheat and get money. Reporter we met up with christina a few weeks later at the gym, and healthy wage is also here to handdeliver her winnings. You won your bet. So heres your check from us to you for 7,300. All the work that i did for this money, its this is really big. Reporter but three weeks after reaching her hardearned goal of 194 pounds she gets back on the scale. The number isnt pretty. What does it say . 211. So its what, 16 pounds 16 pounds in about threeplus weeks. Reporter gaining back more than a third of her weight loss in just a few weeks. Shortterm solutions are never the best solutions. You want a plan that helps you be successful over the long haul. Reporter although they dont tell you what to eat, healthy wage says they do offer guidance and support. Obviously we cant control people but our content and all our motivational tips and emails all revolve around losing weight in a consistent longterm way. Reporter but despite her weight gain christina says she isnt worried. Its going to be fine. Its going to be back in no time. Im sure of it. Im betting on you. Reporter for nightline im linsey davis in new york. And coming up here on nightline, the hidden danger at the checkout counter. 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Hes swiping an unsuspecting customers credit card not once but twice. First the legitimate charge for the food. Then again on a separate device called a skimmer that allows crooks to steal your credit card info from right under your nose. A lesson Richard Norris learned the hard way. He had gotten me three different times. Reporter he had never given much thought to his morning ritual stopping at mcdonalds may help you . Reporter for his guilty pleasure. Can i have a large sweet tea, please . Reporter until he and his wife noticed mysterious charges popping up on all three of their credit cards. So he was able to skim all three cards at the same location. Reporter those golden arches. When the cops checked the security camera, paydirt. They actually were able to catch the individual sliding the card and then grabbing the receipt and handing it to me all in one nice movement. Youd never know that he was doing anything wrong. Reporter this unabashed facetoface banditry is more common than you think, and its not just restaurants. From atms to gas stations, wherever you swipe, criminals could be cashing in. Just ask detective Jeffrey Marshall of the Nassau County Police Department in new york. Little device. That little device. Could fit in the palm of your hand. You never see it. In the pocket. And the waitresss apron. You dont know. Reporter these days some electronic skimmers are so advanced that they dont even need a human to operate. He takes the device out of the backpack. Reporter detective marshall showed thus video of a crook modifying an atm inside a convenience store. Watch as he places a fake card slot that contains a skimmer over the real one. In four seconds he has it attached. Wow. Reporter but hes not done. He then adds a tiny camera to catch you entering your pin. Youd use this atm and that cheat has enough intel to shop with your credit card and make cash withdrawals straight from your account. This is the skimming device, right here. Yes. Reporter a scam so easy to pull off detective marshall let me try it for myself with the deactivated skimmer he confiscated. If i were a criminal and i walked up, this is all i would have to do . Yep. Reporter of course we removed the device immediately. So how do the cops stay ahead of the hightech crook curve . Turns out theyre getting help from an unlikely source. The atm cashing was the easiest and best way to make money. And i was making thousands of dollars a day in cash doing that. Reporter dan dephillippe is a reformed credit card hacker who got busted and switched sides to avoid prison time. He spent two years training agents in the dark art of skimming. Dephillippes favorite target gas stations. Installing gadgets like this one inside the pump. So this is the reader that would be inside the gas pump. So you would just swipe it through and it would read it right here. Nobody would know the difference. Reporter when investigators at the Arizona Department of weights and measures were here checking for skimming devices. Reporter found a skimmer inside this gas pump, they decided to fight fire with fire. We inserted one of these little nightvision spy cams in the back of the dispenser. Reporter and bingo. Heres the view from that camera inside. Apparently showing a man and a woman team caught redhanded. What we have here, we have the guy. And i have the missus. Reporter they start bickering when they cant find any of their devices. Its almost like a husband and wife team arguing about wherever their skimmer is because somebody got it. And that was us. We got it. Reporter Law Enforcement is still on the hunt for mr. And mrs. Skimmer. But in the meantime there are some things you can and should do to protect your digits. If youre fueling up choose a pump near the attendant. Crooks prefer to operate in the shadows. Or you can always pay in cash. At the atm give the machine a good look. If anything appears off, keep on walking. And always remember to cover your hand when you enter your pin. Lastly, no matter where you are, check your account. A lot. Once you report a fraudulent charge, the law says you have no responsibility for paying charges you didnt make. It worked for Richard Norris back in florida. Thanks to his careful monitoring, that Mcdonalds Drivethru attendant pled guilty and got two years probation. And norris still heads to mcdonalds every morning for his sweet tea fix. Thank you. Have a nice day. Reporter for nightline im Rebecca Jarvis in westbury, new york. Up next here on nightline, the mystery transfixing americas largest city tonight. Who climbed the Brooklyn Bridge and put up these white flags . And why . But first, a dangerous journey, following migrants across the rio grande. 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Tylenol watching everybody eating what they want all day oh this tasteless cardboard brings me nothing but more shame turning every turn until i find something right and it. Takes my breath away when people swim across the rio grande to come to america, they are wading into dangerous currents, open sewage, and often water snakes. Tonight, a look at the crisis along our southern border that youve likely never seen before. Heres jorge ramos from our sister network, fusion. Reporter im on the rio grande. Mexicans call it rio bravo, the furious river. And this day it feels like a patrols, masked men on fast boats carrying highpowered firearms. Theyre ready for anything. And so am i. The second they go out of their house its a very dangerous journey for them to cross illegally into the united states. Reporter the rio grande, 1200 miles of water between the u. S. And mexico. The point of no return. 33 immigrants have died crossing over just in the past nine months in the laredo area alone. Murray salas is the supervisory agent for the Border Patrol in laredo, texas. The currents are very strong, especially underneath. If theres any rocks, any debris, any potholes when people are crossing, theyre going to payne. Once they panic, theyre going to get in trouble. Reporter it is clearly very dangerous for an adult. What would it be, a river like this, for a kid . It would mean death. Reporter since october last year an estimated 57,000 children have made the treacherous journey from Central America headed to the united states. Double last year. Increasingly, the river has become a dangerous crossroads. This 15yearold from honduras crossed the river just a few days ago. Were you scared of swimming the river . You were scared. Orbin, which is not his real name, says he escaped from his violent home town, san pedro sula, to make his way to the border and into texas. His mother lives in florida. It took him 25 days traveling alone with no help. Why did you leave honduras . Orbin told me he had to leave because the gangs threatened to kill him. This is the way that immigrants come to the united states. And you can see all the traces, once they get into the water, as you can see, they use all these kinds of plastic bags to protect what they have. The little that they have. Reporter to find out what these Central American immigrants endure under the supervision of many Border Patrol agents, my producer and i decide to cross the river. In some places the river can be as wide as 600 feet. Strong undercurrents push us at least 200 yards from our starting point. And we remember the agents warnings about debris and other dangers. We swim all the way to the mexican side and back. Just imagine what would it be for a kid, 8, 9, 12, 13 to try to cross this river by himself. Reporter it takes us about 20 minutes. For those who make it to the other side, this is just the beginning of an arduous journey. Many will end up in detention facilities to be deported. As for or bin, hes trying to avoid deportation back to honduras. Hes 15. Hes incredibly courageous. Yes. He did it all by himself. What happens to him if he goes back . He was telling me how his friend was also threatened as he was to join the gang and because he did not want to join the gangs they killed him. So thats what really made him snap and say i have to do something because im next if i dont join the gangs. Reporter a deportation for orbin would be a death sentence. Which is why they continue to risk crossing the furious river. For nightline im jorge ramos on the rio grande. Fascinating report. Our thanks to jorge for that. And before we leave you tonight, a note about the mystery in new york city this evening. As we speak, the nypd is on the hunt for whoevers responsible for this strange sight on top of the Brooklyn Bridge this morning. White flags where american flags are supposed to be. They were in fact made from old glory bleached white. But the question is who switched them out and why . Speculation raging today over whether this is some sort of political statement or maybe just a strange art project. The police, however, are concerned with more concrete questions like how did anybody access this highly surveilled location and pull off such a highrisk, highprofile stunt . That said, we can rest assured, we are told that they do not believe this incident was connected in any way to any sort of terror threat. And you can stay with abc news for all the latest developments on this mystery. Thank you for watching abc tonight. Tune in to gma first thing in the morning. And as always, were online at abcnews. Com 24 7. Good night. Every day more americans choose abc news. Americas number one news source. En la quield the ready for you alerield the ready for you alert, the second his room is ready. You know what he brings . Any questions . Can i get an a, steve . 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