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A team of organized criminals are installing equipment on legitimate bank ATM's in at least 2 regions to steal both the ATM card number and the PIN. The team sits nearby in a car receiving the information transmitted wireless over weekends and evenings from equipment they install on the front of the ATM (see photos). If you see an attachment like this, do not use the ATM and report it immediately to the bank using the phone on the front of the ATM.
The equipment used to capture your ATM card number and PIN are cleverly disguised to look like normal ATM equipment. A "skimmer" is mounted to the front of the normal ATM card slot that reads the ATM card number and transmits it to the criminals sitting in a nearby car.
At the same time, a wireless camera is disguised to look like a leaflet holder and is mounted in a position to view ATM PIN entries.
The thieves copy the cards and use the PIN numbers to withdraw thousands from many accounts in a very short time directly from the bank ATM.
Equipment being installed on front of existing bank card slot.
The equipment as it appears installed over the normal ATM bank slot
The PIN reading camera being installed on the ATM is housed in an innocent looking leaflet enclosure.
The camera shown installed and ready to capture PIN's by looking down on the keypad as you enter your PIN
Whoa!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is scary! I don't use fake money (credit cards or checks)so this is very worry some!! WOW.
I'm checking my ATM.
Alas! This sort of thing is pretty much commonplace here in blighty. I tend to use ATMs actually inside the branch of banks but as you've shown, this doesn't help...
ReplyDeleteScary stuff!
Peej
does the 'skimmer' make a copy of the magnetic strip in the atm card? anyway, improvements in technology is amazing. people are getting a lot smarter. unfortunately, they use their intelligence to rob unsuspecting people.
ReplyDeletei guess this cannot happen in india in current scenario. most of the atm counters has guards :)
Damn, this is awful. I wish no one got skimmed.
ReplyDeleteI use ATMs so less these days, it is good that they accept cards everywhere.
Thanks for the information.
ReplyDeletescary infact and especially after the incident when i forgot my ATM card in the ATM slot last week :-)
ReplyDeleteGood article Sharda. Snopes.com confirms that this, in fact, is true. Snopes is like my encyclopedia of hoaxes. I check snopes before believing any email.
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