Aurora family’s SNAP benefits stolen, card skimmer suspected

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — A family in Aurora is warning others about having card information stolen without you even knowing.

The family says they may have been the victims of a card skimmer, a device on card machines that steals your information when you swipe during a typical transaction.

The target was their food stamps, a necessity for this family. Each month, they get an allotment, and that accounts for their food budget that month.

You can imagine their shock when it should have been renewed and their balance was zero.

“We can’t prevent completely. We just live in a world where this is happening more and more, but we can try to protect ourselves,” the mother said.

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