Men Tried To Install Credit Card Skimmer At Windsor Terrace Gas Station

WINDSOR TERRACE, BROOKLYN — Three men tried (and failed) to install a credit card skimmer at a pump at a Windsor Terrace gas station, according to police.

The three men, pictured above in (very poor quality) surveillance footage, pulled up to the BP gas station on Coney Island Avenue near Friel Place around 1:40 a.m. on Friday, August 18, police said.

That's when they tried to install the skimmer on pump number 3 but never did so, police said. It's unclear why they weren't successful.

Credit card skimmers read people's card information when they pay at a gas pump or use at ATM, exposing them to fraud and theft.

The men took off in a black Jeep, heading south on Coney Island Avenue, police said. No arrests have been made.

If you have any information about the incident, here's how you can contact police:

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

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