MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ) – A credit card skimmer has been found on a Manitowoc gas pump.
Officers say the device was spotted Thursday morning and removed before there were any victims.
Police received a call from the 41st Street Shell station at 7:15 am.
Three men who patronized the business around 7 am are suspected of attaching the skimmer.
The cashier said all three had dark skin but were not African-American.
One man came into the store to buy a pack of gum.
He is described as 6′ 3″ to 6′ 5″, wearing a Green Bay Packers hoodie, camouflaged baseball cap, beige/tan shorts with purple flowers on them, and spoke poor English with an ‘Arabic sounding accent.’
A control panel in the store alerted the cashier to an issue with the pump.
When she went outside to investigate, the men drove off an a dark burgandy pickup truck with a Florida rear plate and no front plate. The cashier was unable to get the plate.
They were last seen going northbound on South 41st Street.
Anyone with information should contact Manitowoc Police.
