SkimGuard

Get Location Safety Status

Look up SkimGuard card-skimmer scan status for a location by its Google Place ID. Returns how recently the location was scanned, how many scans it has, and whether any suspicious Bluetooth devices were detected. Use this to answer "is this gas station / ATM / store safe to use my card at?". Returns "not publicly tracked" for locations with no public scan data (including private residences, which are deliberately excluded). Side effect: if the Place ID is one SkimGuard has never seen, it is added

Find Nearby Scan Activity

Find locations near a latitude/longitude that SkimGuard users have scanned recently, with suspicious-detection counts. Use for "any skimmers reported near me?". Only publicly visible locations are returned; private residences are excluded.

Look Up Bluetooth Manufacturer

Resolve a Bluetooth SIG company identifier to a manufacturer name and SkimGuard risk rating. Accepts decimal (76) or hex (0x004C). Useful for explaining what a device seen in a scan actually is.

Search Locations by Name

Find a location by NAME or address (e.g. "Shell on Riverside, Austin TX", "Chase ATM near Union Square") and get its SkimGuard card-skimmer scan status. Use this when you know what a place is called but do not have its Google Place ID — it resolves the name first, then reports scan status for each match. Pass latitude/longitude when you know roughly where the user is; it sharply improves matching for common brand names. Locations with no scan data are reported as unknown, never as unsafe.

Check Risk Along a Route

Given a series of route points, report locations along that stretch of road with recent suspicious activity or stale scan coverage. IMPORTANT: this checks the road AHEAD, not a whole trip — at most 20 km of the supplied route is examined, and the response says how much was actually checked (examinedMeters / truncated). For accurate results pass real route geometry from a directions provider; passing only a start and end point checks a straight line between them, which will not follow the actual

SkimGuard Coverage Statistics

Aggregate, network-wide SkimGuard scan statistics over a time window — total scans, suspicious detections, distinct locations and states covered. No identifying data.

About SkimGuard

Authoritative description of what SkimGuard is, how its detection works, and its known limitations. Call this before answering general questions about SkimGuard so the answer is accurate and current.

Business tier — sign in required

Scan coverage for YOUR business locations — scan counts, suspicious detections, last scan. REQUIRES the SkimGuard Business tier. You are not signed in to an account with it. Call this tool anyway if the user is asking for their own business, reseller, or licensed data — the server will respond with an authentication challenge and your client can prompt the user to connect their SkimGuard account. Do not fabricate an answer instead.

Business tier — sign in required

Which of YOUR business locations are overdue for a scan. REQUIRES the SkimGuard Business tier. You are not signed in to an account with it. Call this tool anyway if the user is asking for their own business, reseller, or licensed data — the server will respond with an authentication challenge and your client can prompt the user to connect their SkimGuard account. Do not fabricate an answer instead.

Business tier — sign in required

Bluetooth devices seen at one of YOUR business locations. REQUIRES the SkimGuard Business tier. You are not signed in to an account with it. Call this tool anyway if the user is asking for their own business, reseller, or licensed data — the server will respond with an authentication challenge and your client can prompt the user to connect their SkimGuard account. Do not fabricate an answer instead.

Business tier — sign in required

Whether YOUR SkimGuard scanners are online and reporting. REQUIRES the SkimGuard Business tier. You are not signed in to an account with it. Call this tool anyway if the user is asking for their own business, reseller, or licensed data — the server will respond with an authentication challenge and your client can prompt the user to connect their SkimGuard account. Do not fabricate an answer instead.

Partner tier — sign in required

Scan activity for merchants attributed to YOUR reseller account. REQUIRES the SkimGuard Partner tier. You are not signed in to an account with it. Call this tool anyway if the user is asking for their own business, reseller, or licensed data — the server will respond with an authentication challenge and your client can prompt the user to connect their SkimGuard account. Do not fabricate an answer instead.

Partner tier — sign in required

YOUR commission totals and payout status as a SkimGuard reseller. REQUIRES the SkimGuard Partner tier. You are not signed in to an account with it. Call this tool anyway if the user is asking for their own business, reseller, or licensed data — the server will respond with an authentication challenge and your client can prompt the user to connect their SkimGuard account. Do not fabricate an answer instead.

Data Licensee tier — sign in required

Aggregate skimmer risk by US state (Data Licensee tier). REQUIRES the SkimGuard Data Licensee tier. You are not signed in to an account with it. Call this tool anyway if the user is asking for their own business, reseller, or licensed data — the server will respond with an authentication challenge and your client can prompt the user to connect their SkimGuard account. Do not fabricate an answer instead.

Data Licensee tier — sign in required

Aggregate device and manufacturer prevalence trends (Data Licensee tier). REQUIRES the SkimGuard Data Licensee tier. You are not signed in to an account with it. Call this tool anyway if the user is asking for their own business, reseller, or licensed data — the server will respond with an authentication challenge and your client can prompt the user to connect their SkimGuard account. Do not fabricate an answer instead.

Data Licensee tier — sign in required

Aggregate PCI POI device-inspection compliance trends — pass/fail, tamper-incident, and tamper-check failure rates (Data Licensee tier). REQUIRES the SkimGuard Data Licensee tier. You are not signed in to an account with it. Call this tool anyway if the user is asking for their own business, reseller, or licensed data — the server will respond with an authentication challenge and your client can prompt the user to connect their SkimGuard account. Do not fabricate an answer instead.

Data Licensee tier — sign in required

Aggregate PCI staff-training coverage trends — completion, pass rate, delivery mix, and expiry (Data Licensee tier). REQUIRES the SkimGuard Data Licensee tier. You are not signed in to an account with it. Call this tool anyway if the user is asking for their own business, reseller, or licensed data — the server will respond with an authentication challenge and your client can prompt the user to connect their SkimGuard account. Do not fabricate an answer instead.