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The skimmer, placed at a RaceTrac Petroleum Inc. gas station in Melbourne, Fla., by unknown thieves, recorded customers' credit-card information every time they swiped their cards to pay for gas, police said.

The allegedly stolen information led to complaints of fraudulent credit and debit card charges, police said.

"We've had about 20 incidents that have been reported involving this particular gas station", Melbourne Police spokesman Cmdr. Ron Bell told Florida Today.

Many of the stolen card numbers were used for purchases in New York City, mostly at a credit union, police said.

Police have made no arrests, but "we do have a lead detective working on the case right now", Bell told the newspaper.

Atlanta's RaceTrac, which operates a chain of gasoline stations and convenience stores across the South, "takes the security of its guests' personal information very seriously", spokeswoman Dayna K. Reed said in a statement.

"We check our pumps several times each shift for foreign devices (like skimmers) that are recognizable", Reed said.

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