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Screws are inserted into gas pumps to prevent transactions from concluding, allowing thieves to steal gas according to police

The screw

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-police-warn-of-low-tech-scam-thieves-are-using-to-steal-gas/3942959/

Who cares how far down the flap travels? Moving the flap up turns the pump off and ends the transaction. Limiting the downward travel does nothing. What am I missing?

> Screws are inserted into gas pumps to prevent transactions from concluding, allowing thieves to steal gas according to police [The screw](https://poal.co/static/images/bbc4dcdcccdcdcf2.jpg) https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-police-warn-of-low-tech-scam-thieves-are-using-to-steal-gas/3942959/ Who cares how far down the flap travels? Moving the flap up turns the pump off and ends the transaction. Limiting the downward travel does nothing. What am I missing?
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[–] • 4 pts

This "alert" went from social media to police and government warnings to news media reporting it as fact in about 10 days. Reminds me of the early covid days. No one checked or verified anything. It just was, and it sold a lot of newspapers so it was good business.

[–] • 3 pts

It's junque science, one of those "it could happen, almost" things. Close enough to reality that a majority will believe it.

[–] • 2 pts

Why fact check when you can have sensationalism.

They're a journalism, after all.