CONTENT
- WEIGHTS & MEASURES TAKES STEPS TO FIGHT GAS PUMP 'SKIMMERS’
- DON’T BE VICTIMIZED BY CREDIT CARD 'SKIMMERS'
- MULTI-STATE TASKFORCE FINDS FUEL QUALITY CONCERNS ON TRIBAL LANDS
- DONNA WICKERSHAM RETIRES FROM WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
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This “skimmer” is placed inside a gasoline pump, where it can’t be seen. Others are placed outside.
The Department of Weights and Measures has expanded its inspections to protect consumers who use credit cards to buy gasoline or other motor fuels.
Skimmers are illegal devices that can copy the electronic data encoded into a credit card. Criminals who commit identity theft use that data to make counterfeit credit cards or to make electronic purchases without the victim’s knowledge.
DON’T BE VICTIMIZED BY CREDIT CARD 'SKIMMERS'
Anyone who uses a credit card can fall victim to a “skimmer” if they’re not careful. While the Department is taking steps to combat skimmers on fueling devices, they can be installed on any device that is used for a credit or debit card transaction. Here are some steps that a careful consumer should consider:
- While the vast majority of Arizona restaurants take steps to protect their customers, some credit card thieves recruit restaurant servers who secretly record your credit card data when you charge a meal. Whenever possible, consider bringing the check to the cashier yourself.
Al Poe, an Arizona Investigator, checks gasoline samples on the Hopi Reservation.
A multi-agency task force that checked fuel quality on the Navajo Nation found a failure rate that was nearly three times higher than Arizona as a whole.
The inspections collected 217 fuel samples from retail outlets throughout the Navajo Reservation. Nineteen of the samples, or 8.75 percent of the total collected, did not meet Arizona fuel quality standards.
This compares with an overall fuel sampling failure rate of 3 percent in Arizona during FY2007. The problems included lower-than-advertised octane ratings, low flash points and other performance measures that could affect performance, impact air quality and might even damage engines.
Donna Wickersham – A “special individual who goes that extra mile.”
Donna Wickersham, a 12-year veteran of the Arizona Department of Weights and Measures and 21 years of service to the state of Arizona, retired from her position as The accounting expert, personnel manager and “goddess of grammar” who devoted 12 years of her career to the Arizona Department of Weights and Measures, has retired from her position of administrator for Business Services and Human Resources.
Ms. Wickersham oversaw the Department’s budgeting, hiring and fiscal operations, and advised four separate Directors on confidential matters.