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| Customers who used a cash machine at a Rhondda supermarket are being urged to contact their bank after a skimming device was found on the machine. | Customers who used a cash machine at a Rhondda supermarket are being urged to contact their bank after a skimming device was found on the machine. |
| The device designed to record PINs and clone cards was discovered on a Royal Bank of Scotland ATM at Asda in Llwynpia on Wednesday. | The device designed to record PINs and clone cards was discovered on a Royal Bank of Scotland ATM at Asda in Llwynpia on Wednesday. |
| Police community support offices are now checking cash machines in the area during their routine patrols. | Police community support offices are now checking cash machines in the area during their routine patrols. |
| Anyone who used the machine in the past two weeks should contact their bank. | Anyone who used the machine in the past two weeks should contact their bank. |
| It was reported to Sgt Chris Peter as he visited the supermarket by a security guard concerned about the machine. | It was reported to Sgt Chris Peter as he visited the supermarket by a security guard concerned about the machine. |
| Sgt Peters said: "We removed the device and also a small camera that had been hidden underneath a plastic strip above the key pad. | Sgt Peters said: "We removed the device and also a small camera that had been hidden underneath a plastic strip above the key pad. |
| "This equipment is now being forensically analysed and we have also recovered CCTV from the store which shows two men near the cash machine earlier that day. | "This equipment is now being forensically analysed and we have also recovered CCTV from the store which shows two men near the cash machine earlier that day. |
| "The device is quite sophisticated and had been attached in such a way that it is very unlikely a member of the public will have noticed anything." | "The device is quite sophisticated and had been attached in such a way that it is very unlikely a member of the public will have noticed anything." |
| At this stage one person, who believes they have been a victim of this device, has come forward but it is not known if anyone else has had their card cloned or money stolen | At this stage one person, who believes they have been a victim of this device, has come forward but it is not known if anyone else has had their card cloned or money stolen |
| Customers who have used the machine in the last two weeks are urged by police to contact their bank for advice. | |
| Anyone with information about the device is asked to contact Ton Pentre Police Station at South Wales Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111. | Anyone with information about the device is asked to contact Ton Pentre Police Station at South Wales Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111. |