Palm Springs Police report an increase in skimming devices at ATMs and gas pumps Austin Kirk / CC BY 2.0 The Palm Springs Police Department says they have been seeing an increase in skimming devices at bank ATM's and fuel pumps around the city. Skimming devices are placed into an ATM or Gas Pump card reader. The device can read your card once you put your card into the machine. Your personal information can be accessed wirelessly by the suspect and a hidden camera catches your PIN number as you enter it on the key pad. Police say some skimming devices are virtually undetectable and are installed into the machine which prevents it from being removed by the user or law enforcement.