BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : DECEMBER 11, 2000 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS The New Numbers Game -- Thieves break into stores and insert chips into scanners that copy credit-card data. Later they retrieve the chips and sell the data -- Gangs employ store workers to covertly swipe credit cards with pager-size ''skimmers,'' then use the data to make counterfeit cards _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Like Stealing Plastic from a Baby CHART: Victimizing Japan TABLE: The New Numbers Game INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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