Abbotsford Police have released a video and photos of men suspected of manipulating automatic teller machines to get people's personal financial data at different businesses within the community.

The security video shows two men installing a metal hood with a camera designed to capture personal identification numbers (PINs) and a device for skimming data from cards' magnetic stripes on an ATM at Sneakers Sports Lounge in the 2500 block of Yale Court on Oct. 14.

The pair can also be seen testing the equipment before departing.

A man contacted police two days later to report his debit card had been compromised after using the pub's ATM.

Almost $3,000 in purchases had been pulled from his account.

Police subsequently extracted photos from a bank surveillance video that shows two men using a fake card encrypted with the victim's stolen data to withdraw money.

Investigators are hoping to identify the men in both the video and images, said Const. Ian MacDonald.

"It could be the same pair of suspects in both the video and photos," said MacDonald.

However, it could also be two different sets of men.

"They could be associates of the pair who installed the devices, or even criminals who purchased the data or false card," he said.

Investigators are currently downloading all the transaction data from the compromised machine at the pub.

"We're hoping the pair foolishly used their own card when they tested the mechanisms," said MacDonald.

There has only been one reported victim, but police are working with financial institutions and the ATM owner to protect other cardholders from fraud.

"We've heard back that many customers have already been notified and issued new cards," said MacDonald.

Police are confident the two men who installed the data-skimming equipment at the pub are also responsible for tampering with an ATM at Tradex on Oct. 24, when thousands of people attended the West Coast Women's Show.

"The equipment is identical in both cases," said MacDonald.

Police are recommending anyone who might have recently used the compromised machines to alert their financial institution and pay careful attention to their transaction history.

Anyone with information regarding the suspects should contact Det. Koppes at the Abbotsford Police Department at 604-859-5225 or make an anonymous call to Crime Stoppers, 1-800-222-TIPS.