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From: VK2AAB@VK2AAB.SYD.NSW.AUS.OC
To : INFO@WW
Just recently here in Sydney a Hong Kong citizen has been arrested and charged
with allegedly fitting a small card reader just below the card entry slot on
an atm. There was also fitted a small camera overhead so that the pin number
being entered could be seen.
When the ATM user slid his card into the slot the little reader transmitted
the data and the TV camera transmitted the picture of the pin number being
entered. A new card was produced and used to extract several hundred thousand
dollars. So look out for a small rectangular box fitted just below the slot.
These gangs operate internationally so expect to see them elsewhere.
73 Barry VK2AAB
>
>G8KVP Opined with considerable skill:-
>>> Personally my PIN is only in my head and I always mask the keypad on
>>> using the ATM.
>>
>> The whole scam relies on the fact that most people won't tell someone who
>> is getting too close to back off, we're just too nice! But my wife didn't
>> even realise that someone was looking over her shoulder, she was so
>> engrossed in trying to get the ATM to work.
>
>Hi,
>
>I always make it a habit to continually look around while using these
>machines, especially for anyone taking more than usual notice of me and
>what I am doing. I key the number in with one hand, which is covered by
>the other hand. If someone stands too close, then invite them to move
>back (I do), after all you are conducting a private transaction with the
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