BANK users are being warned to check statements after a second "skimming" device was found on a cashpoint machine in Southampton.

On Saturday we revealed equipment had been attached by crooks to an HSBC ATM in Portswood Road.

A similar device was discovered on the Lloyds TSB cashpoint in Angel Crescent in Bitterne at lunchtime on Saturday.

Users of the ATM during the morning are now being urged to double-check bank statements in case cash has been fleeced from their accounts.

The slim piece of plastic, which was discovered by staff, fitted over the slot where the users insert cards.

It copies the magnetic stripe on the card and details are then used to make counterfeits, which are often sold on.

The device was removed at 12.45pm and would have been attached some time after 9am.

Police have now launched an appeal for witnesses. The two scams are the first to have been reported in the city.

PC Kieren Mansell said: "Any customer that used the cashpoint in Angel Crescent during those times should check their statement and contact the bank if they have any concerns about their account. There are two cashpoints at that location and the device was found in the left-hand cashpoint. The cash machine on the right was also examined, and found to be in order.

"There is no CCTV at that location so witnesses are needed to identify suspicious activity around those cashpoints between those times."

The scam in Portswood Road was rumbled when resident Matthew Cheetham, 26, spotted the device and took it to the police.

Anyone who witnessed anyone acting suspiciously at the Bitterne cashpoint between 9am and 12.45pm on Saturday should call PC Kieren Mansell at Bitterne police station on 0845 045 4545.