3.31.2005

High tech scam, Slicker than snot

Well, if you didn't know, there has been an ATM machine scam going around for quite a while now. The thieves insert a plastic sleeve in the card slot, so the machine can't read or return your card. Then they hang about, and tell you to keep entering your pin and it will work. Sooner or later, you leave and assume the machine stole your card. Next thing you know, you call the bank and your acocunt is cleaned out.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/atmtheft.htm

The new high tech version uses a fake card slot attached to the machine, and a camara to read your pin. You'll never know what happened, and the theif never has to talk to you, so you don't even have a description to give the police. :(
http://www.utexas.edu/admin/utpd/atm.html
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