Method to detect and obstruct fraudulent transactions

A computer program product for detecting and obstructing skimmer devices, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions including instructions to:

• monitor wireless communications within a network environment;
• identify information associated with one or more wireless communications within the network environment transmitted by an unknown wireless device;
• select an obstruction rule based, at least in part, on the information associated with the one or more wireless communications transmitted by the unknown wireless device;
• and
• execute an obstruction action corresponding to the selected obstruction rule.

A computer system for detecting and obstructing skimmer devices, comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage media;
• computer program instructions;
• the computer program instructions being stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by the one or more computer processors;
• and
• the computer program instructions including instructions to:
• monitor wireless communications within a network environment;
• identify information associated with one or more wireless communications within the network environment transmitted by an unknown wireless device;
• select an obstruction rule based, at least in part, on the information associated with the one or more wireless communications transmitted by the unknown wireless device;
• and
• execute an obstruction action corresponding to the selected obstruction rule.