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How to spot a Dodgy ATM

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  • James
    James Posts: 2,059 Forumite
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    Steven Murdoch, a fraud expert at the University of Cambridge, says: 'It is quite easy to capture someone's card and Pin number from a cash machine. Fraudsters now hide devices inside machines, rather than placing them on the outside where they are easy to spot.

    Complete Article: Click here.
  • Olipro
    Olipro Posts: 717 Forumite
    eschaton wrote: »
    Hilarious that anyone would believe this for a minute in the first place.

    Just imagine that your PIN was 5775 - would the Police come everytime you use the ATM ?

    indeed, when you enter your PIN, the ATM simply submits the number to the chip on the card, the chip can only respond success or failure, there is no "panic" response.
  • James
    James Posts: 2,059 Forumite
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    ITV dedicated their Fraud Squad programme at 9 pm on 5 April to everything about ATM Fraud.

    Topics covered were:
    Card Readers,
    PIN recording devices.
    Card Traps
    Money Traps etc.

    Click here for the ITV Video
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