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Skimming Devices Found Across The City
Chicago police have issued a new warning after more than a dozen ATM skimming devices have been found across the city.
The skimmers can steal critical personal information. Police said someone attached the devices inside the ATMs and also placed cameras to record PIN numbers as they are entered in some instances.
The alert comes after police said ATM skimmers were found at several Walgreens stores in the Loop.
- Associated Bank, 5200 block of N. Central Ave on September 23, 2017
- Walgreens, 1500 block of W. Fullerton Ave on September 26, 2017
- 7-11, 10700 block of S. Ewing Ave on September 27, 2017
- Walgreens, 1600 block of W. Belmont Ave on October 2, 2017
- Fifth Third Bank, 600 block of W. Diversey Pkwy on October 4, 2017
- Chase Bank, 5600 block of W. Montrose Ave on October 6, 2017
- Walgreens, 400 block of N. Michigan Ave on October 8, 2017
- Walgreens, 2300 block of W. Irving Park Rd on October 8, 2017
- Fifth Third Bank, 0-100 block of W. Division St on October 9, 2017
- Walgreens, 3100 block of W. Irving Park Rd on October 11, 2017
- Walgreens, 200 block of W. Madison St. on October 12, 2017
- Walgreens, 100 block of N. State St on October 12, 2017
- Walgreens, 0-100 block of W. Monroe on October 18, 2017
Chicago police recommend checking the ATM card slot and PIN pad, which should not be loose and to cover your hand when you enter your PIN. Cards should not have any problem or irregularity when placed in the card reader and if there is, do not use the ATM.
In response to the skimming devices found at Walgreens, a spokesperson said in a statement, “Any business that offers an ATM as a convenience to their customers could face this issue. The ATMs in our drugstores are owned and operated by a third party and at our request they will immediately begin to inspect all ATMs in our Chicago locations.”
A spokesperson with Citibank, whose ATMs are found inside Walgreens, released a statement saying, “Protecting our customers from fraudulent activity is a critical priority for Citi. Our customers are not liable for any fraud or unauthorized use of their accounts.”
Anyone with information about the incidents is asked to call the Chicago Police Financial Crimes Unit at (312) 746-9661,
Expert William Kresse, “Professor Fraud” at Governor’s State University, says there are ways to protect yourself.
“Look for a tightness when you place that card in there that might indicate that a skimmer has been placed on that machine. Don’t use it if you have any doubts. There are enough ATMs in this town,” he said.
Kresse said if the card is hard to put in the slot, it is a warning sign.
“If the card is hard to put in the slot, there could be a skimmer placed internally or if there is something that looks like it is added on, that’s an external skimmer. Again, your best bet is to go to a financial institution, they tend to have the later machines that have got the anti-tampering technology built into them,” he said.
Kresse said it is best to avoid standalone ATMs, if at all possible.
Many times, scammers need to physically be there to obtain your pin. Make sure you cover your hand when entering your pin and watch for people looking over your shoulder or even recording you. Also, check the ATM keypad for what is known as a plastic overlay that can also record your pin when you touch the keypad. To be extra safe, you should also change your PIN regularly. More from DNA info.
Have you ever had your personal information stolen? How did you find out?
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Foo Fighters Returing to Wrigley!
Foo Fighters are coming back to Wrigley Field!
The first 2018 North American dates of the Concrete and Gold world tour have been confirmed and includes the band’s return to Chicago’s Wrigley Field on Sunday, July 29. Show time is 7:00pm. Tickets on sale Friday, November 10 at 10:00am and will be available online at www.cubs.com/foo.
The Capital One cardholder pre-sale will begin Monday, November 6 at 10:00am. Click HERE for more details and information.
Come on! A Sexy Fidget Spinner Costume?
There’s a company called Dolls Kill and they just released a new costume for Halloween . . . the SEXY FIDGET SPINNER. It’s a silver leotard with the stomach and back cut out . . . and it has two fidget spinners lining up with the boobs. Yeah.
They’re selling it for $38 at DollsKill.com, and if you’re into it, you should probably order it ASAP so it gets to you in time for Halloween. Of all the “sexy” costumes, is this one the worst idea yet, or would you wear it?
WATCH: College Kid Boldly Drums w/ Foo Fighters on Queen Cover
Pierce is a student at the University of South Carolina, who decided during a recent show that he would hold up a sign that read: “DRUMS ON ‘UNDER PRESSURE’?” It paid off, as Dave pulled him up on stage for a surreal moment that would make most fans scream “HOLY S#%&!” over and over again in their brains.
And he backs his confidence with some serious drumming chops. Check it out the Queen cover (1:30 if you want to just get to the music). — [eric]
Blue Planet II Looks Amazing!
Watch the Chicago Bulls talk show hosted by a kid named Henry
The Chicaog Bulls have relaunched their charming web series, Late Night Snacks with Henry which features a very talkative kid named Henry who interacts with the Chicago Bulls while eating candy. On this episode, Henry helps player Zack Levine write a thank you card to team mate Robin Lopez for giving his jersey number. It’s cute, funny, and just a good watch.
The series had several last season including one with now former Bull and current Cavalier Dwayn Wade.
This is a lot nicer to hear about from the Bulls considering the news from last week when Bulls player Nikola Miroticsufferd a fractured bone in his face from an altercation with teammate Bobby Portis. Bulls are set for their home opener tonight at the UC against the San Antonio Spurs. Read full game preview running down the Bulls drama-filled week.
NEW MUSIC ALERT! Listen to Bleachers, CHVRCHES & Hayley Williams cover Tegan and Sara
To honor the 10th anniversary of their seminal album ‘The Con’, sisters in alternative Tegan and Sara assembled an all star cast for ‘The Con X: Covers’ to cover the tracks from the 2007 album. You can listen to entire album in the Youtube playlist above with acts like Ryan Adams, Shura, PVRIS, CHVRCHES, Cyndi Lauper, Bleachers and Hayley Williams of Paramore all contributed dancier takes on the album’s original versions.
This special project was put together by T&S for a special cause. “From day one we wanted the proceeds to go to our newly-launched Tegan and Sara Foundation, which raises money for self-identified women and girls in the LGBTQ community. With that intention set, we asked 14 artists who were either outspoken allies of the LGTBQ community or LGBTQ themselves to each cover a song from The Con. We encouraged each artist to approach the song they were covering in any fashion they saw fit. Their inspiration could come from the original record or The Con Demos, our first home recordings that were released after The Con came out. All the artists agreed to donate their time and energy to the project and their labels all agreed to waive their fees as well.” says a statement on the band’s official website.
A simplistic gem on the record is Ryan Adams’s drum machine and guitar take on ‘Back In Your Head’ is a stand out.
Here the complete track list
1. Ruth B. – I Was Married
2. MUNA – Relief Next to Me
3. Shura – The Con
4. Mykki Blanco – Knife Going In
5. PVRIS – Are You Ten Years Ago
6. Ryan Adams – Back in Your Head
7. City and Colour – Hop a Plane
8. Kelly Lee Owens – Soil, Soil
9. Bleachers – Burn Your Life Down
10. Hayley Williams of Paramore – Nineteen
11. Sara Bareilles – Floorplan
12. Shamir – Like O, Like H
13. Trashique (GRIMES X HANA) – Dark Come Soon
14. CHVRCHES – Call it Off
Digital Bonus Tracks:
15. Cyndi Lauper – Back in Your Head (Bonus Track)
16. Bleached – One Second (Bonus Track)
17. Vivek Shraya – I Take All the Blame (Bonus Track)
18. Tegan and Sara – Miami Still (Bonus Track Demo)
OH YOU THOUGHT IT WAS OVER! Nope, check out Tegan and Sara perfroming in the LOUNGE last year.
Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington Tribute show will be live-streamed
MIke and Chester of Linkin Park backstage interview at PIQNIQ 2014
Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington Tribute show will be live-streamed on October 27th from the Hollywood Bowl on Friday October 27th on Youtube. Proceeds from the show will go to the One More Light Fund, a charity set up by band in Bennington’s honor to help out the victims of natural disasterS. After the 2004 Tsunami in the Pacific Ocean, Bennington and Linkin Park put on several charity ventures help out those affected so the issue is close to the LP family. The circumstances of this tribute show will be sad and emotional but the rock community is coming out in droves with members of Blnk-182, System of a Down, No Doubt, Yellowcard, Machine Gun Kelly. and Korn all set to perform with Linkin Park in what is sure to be a special event for fans to remember the late great singer.
Chester Bennington passed away in July in what is believed to be a suicide just weeks before Linkin Park was set to start a new world tour. A few days after Chester’s tragic death Linkin Park was set to perform in the 101WKQX Lounge on that day, Lauren hosted a special tribute to Bennington which features fann calling in sharing their feelings and a special discussion with Dr. Drew to discussion the mental health issues that lead to suicide and how to help prevent them. Listen to that tribute here.
Thank You Cubbies!!
As a Cubs fan I was just glad to see them win one World Series in my lifetime. Was great watching them in the playoffs this year too. I know some will be sad that it’s over this season for the Cubs but for me I am happy that any of this happened at all. Thanks Cubs for an amazing thrill ride the past few seasons!! – Marconi
Fall Out Boy confirm they’ve finished new album
(from nme.com)
Fall Out Boy have confirmed that they’ve finished recording their new album, which was recently delayed by four months. They have also teased their next single.
The band were originally meant to release their seventh album ‘M A N I A’ in September, but now it is slated for a January 2018 release. (MORE HERE)
Foo Fighters dropped ANOTHER new song.
(from rollingstone.com)
Foo Fighters released a sweetly subdued new song, “Soldier,” just over a month after issuing their chart-topping ninth LP, Concrete and Gold. “Am I the soldier that you want me to be?” Dave Grohl croons over a ringing electric guitars. “Running from my enemies, under attack.” (MORE HERE)
Your first look inside the new Apple Store on Michigan Avenue
(from timeout.com + photo: Stephanie Bernstein)
Apple’s new riverside flagship store on Michigan Avenue has garnered attention with art installations, Saba lyrics and partnerships with local Chicago artists—and it lives up to the hype. (MORE HERE)
( photo: Stephanie Bernstein)
(photo: Stephanie Bernstein)
Stefan Behling, the head of studio and senior executive partner of Foster + Partners, the architecture firm in charge of designing Apple’s new store and community space on Michigan avenue, talks about some of the key design elements that went into the structure. (WATCH BELOW)
Watch Grouplove get glam in ‘Remember the Night’ music video
Grouplove came into the LOUNGE yesterday, and delivered dreams as always hours before they rocked the United Center opening for Imagine Dragons. The day was also eventful for the band who released their newest music video for ‘Remember the Night’. The video is a visual stunner featuring Hannah Hooper parading through emotional struggles over a relationship with glitter hand dances and interpretative dance. It’s like a musical theater kid’s dream!The song comes off the August re-release of last year’s ‘Big Mess’.
Check out Grouplove’s 101WKQX LOUNGE session here featuring ‘Remember the Night’ , ‘Colors’ and more.
This is the next big puzzle game to drain your phone’s battery life.
(from toucharcade.com)
At its heart, Tiny Bubbles shares many tropes that you may have seen before in the App Store, and its color matching and clearing core elements are ones that have been in puzzle titles for decades. However, as its name implies, the bubble aspect leads to some breathtakingly slick and creative action through the game’s unique physics engine. (MORE HERE)
NEW MUSIC ALERT! Weezer get chill with new track ‘Happy Hour’ (LISTEN)
Today on 101WKQX, Walt spun this new track ‘Happy Hour’ from Weezer in his Walt’s Vault special spot.
It comes from the upcoming album ‘Pacific Daydream’ (October 27th) and it’s just the perfect song to crack open a beer to on a sunny day. The song feels like a more relaxed brother to their recent song of the summer season, ‘Feels like Summer’ which came out a few months back. Listen to other fresh Weezer tracks off ‘Pacific Daydream’ below including ‘Feels Like Summer’, ‘;Mexican Fender’, ‘Weekend Woman’ and ‘Beach Boys’.
This album follows up last year’s successful ‘White Album’ which saw Rivers Cuomo and company tour through the country with Panic! At the Disco and headline the Nights We Stole Christmas last December. Get tickets to this year’s TNWSC shows with Rise Against, Foster the People, Queens of the Stone Age, and many more here.
Listen to Rivers chat with Brian and Lou about the silliness of the ‘experience bundle’ promotional stunt for their White Album.
‘Hey, Homer!’: Moe’s Tavern-themed pop-up bar comes to Lincoln Park for Halloween
(from chicagotribune.com/redeye)
You’ve heard Homer Simpson sputter “I’m going to Moe’s” a million times, and this year for Halloween, you can say the same thing and actually mean it.
In the spirit of the holiday, REPLAY Lincoln Park (2833 N. Sheffield) is dressing up its rear bar as the infamous Moe’s Tavern from “The Simpsons,” donning new digs to impersonate everyone’s favorite cartoon bar from now through Halloween.
REVISIT YOUR BEST MID ’00S SCENE SELF WITH DOCUMENTARY ‘EVERY NITE IS EMO NITE’
( from papermag.com)
If you, like many of us, identified heavily with dark eyeliner, nice jagged bangs, and anything Brendon Urie and/or Pete Wentz, you will be happy to know there is very much a place for you.
Emo Nite, which began in Los Angeles, has expanded to become a mainstay cities all around America. Portland, Baltimore, San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix and LA, and Chicago all host the event, where all of us who were raised on the likes of My Chemical Romance, Greenday, Panic! At the Disco and Paramore can lose all inhibitions sweat the night away, as our overly-emotional selves. The short documentary that details the nights, Every Night Is Emo Nite, follows the stories of Rocky, Brittany and Dante on their Emo Nite journey across three different states. (MORE HERE)
Make sure to check our hour of Sad Songs and Sing Alongs Sunday nights at 10
Pearl Jam released Vs. on this day in 1993
(from loudwire.com)
Sophomore slump? Never heard of it. In fact, on Oct. 19, 1993, Pearl Jam released Vs., one of the most successful sophomore albums in rock history. Vs. set the all-time record for first-week album sales at the time with 950,000 copies sold (back when SoundScan only counted the first 5 days instead of the full week), and spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. (MORE HERE)
Fall Out Boy finish recording delayed new album ‘M A N I A’
Speaking to Cleveland.com, Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy says the band has finished recording their delayed album ‘ M A N I A’ which was originally scheduled for release in September, and is now due out in January. “We’re done recording, officially! Which is pretty awesome. We’re just in the mixing stages now. Now, we’re just mixing and mastering the songs, which is really exciting. This didn’t seem like a place we could get to six months ago. It’s really cool to be here. We finished recording, maybe last week.”: says Wentz.
When asked for memories of the recording of the band’s memories of the prolonged recording process, Wentz compared his working relationship with singer/guitarist Patrick Stump to a classic cartoon. “There was a period when I was driving (lead singer) Patrick (Stump) to the studio. It felt a little bit like “The Flintstones,” picking up Barney Rubble on the way to break some rocks. That’s not that great of a story, but whatever. ”
FOB has recently brewed up the hype pot for the new album with a sold out House of Blues show in Chicago last month and the limited release fidget spinner that doubles as a blue tooth speaker. Check that out here.
Meanwhile they have released three singles from ‘M A N I A’ including the most recent ‘Champion’ which you have heard recently on 101WKQX.
