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This is wonderful, especially because your humble pixel-stained wretch does most of his banking at this very location!

Consumer advocate blog Consumerist says a “card skimmer” — a device scammers attach onto ATMs which reads and stores your personal information — was found on a ATM at the bank’s Ponce de Leon Avenue and Frederica Street location.

Here’s what Consumerist reader “Kelly” wrote to the blog:

The location was the corner of Ponce de Leon and Frederica in Atlanta. There are two ATMs at the location, one in the front and one in the back. The ATM that had the skimmer on it was the ATM in the back. When I discovered it, I was so surprised that I didn’t think to call the number on the ATM, I called the main customer support number instead (the call was around 5:12 pm saturday).

The put me on hold for a bit and when they came back on they asked me for the location and time of discovery, and they asked me to give the skimmer to the police.

When I flagged down a police officer, he gave me the distinct impression that I was to give it to the bank so that they could “conduct an internal investigation.”

I just thought it was funny that the bank didn’t seem to want the device, and neither did the cops. So here I am, left with an illegal card skimmer with a whole bunch of strangers’ card data on it. I just want to get rid of it!

We’ve sent an email to BofA’s newsroom for comment, as no phone number was listed.

(H/T to @ameliatrace from The Wren’s Nest)

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