Scores of shoppers at a supermarket in Highbridge may have fallen victim to a scam operating at a cashpoint outside the store.
Bosses at Asda in Caxton Road called in police after noticing a strange device attached to one cashpoint, as pictured here.
Police spokesman Simon Whitby confirmed to Burnham-On-Sea.com: “Police are investigating the possibility that a device used for fraud was attached to a cash machine at the Asda store in Highbridge. It comes after a member of the public raised a concern that the ATM had been tampered with.”
Officers are concerned that a small camera may have been attached to astrip of plastic located above the cash machine’s number pad – as exclusively pictured here – to record the PIN numbers tapped in by unsuspecting shoppers as they withdrew money.
The cash machine was taken out of action by Asda last Thursday as soon as the suspicious object was spotted, but it was unclear how long it had been in place. A full investigation is underway.
Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
The suspicious device, pictured above, was stuck to the machine above the number keyboard where shoppers entered their PIN number
The cash machines outside the Asda store in Highbridge where the device was found by a suspicious customer
