Anti-Shimming Deviice, Reader, Method and Kit

Abstract

The present invention relates to an anti-shimming and/or anti-skimming device for placement inside of a transaction card reader with a transaction card insertion slot, the device comprising: a card insertion space limiter for limiting the insertion space of the card during insertion thereof into the transaction card reader, a top side space limiter limiting the insertion space at the top side of the card, a bottom side space limiter limiting the insertion space at the bottom side of the card, wherein the device is placeable on the inside of a transaction card reader for receiving the transaction card between the top side space limiter and the bottom side space limiter adjacent to card reading contacts of the transaction card reader.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.