Posted: 3/3/2004 5:08:53 PM EDT
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This looks like it could be legit. This is true & scary that it could happen to anyone. Check it out on this University of Texas web site: www.utexas.edu/admin/utpd/atm.html ------------------------------------------- Also, this type of scam can be applied to any type of card reader, from grocery store checkouts, to gas pumps. Also, remember to be nice to your waiter/waitress-- they might have a card swiper that stores the numbers of the cards and is easily concealed.... |
| Seems a good time to repeat an event that happened late last year in Truckee Ca. Police responded to a suspicious person report and a sharp eyed officer noticed a wireless camera that was attached to the frame of an ATM, even though it was designed to match. Further investigation found a wireless video capture devise in a nearby van. Two suspects turned out to be part of a russian mafia ring operating out of Vegas. MO was to observe the pin through the camera, follow and burglarize victim to get physical possesion of the card. |
| That's easy to get around, just have an ATM account that's pretty much tapped out like one of mine is. I keep the available balance low (buying things???) with no fallback to "overdrafting" protection from a credit card account and then stock it up as necessary. Electronically transfer the funds in from another account. |
| HAHAHAHHA I'm so evil! I actually thought of this scam like 5 years ago! I said, man with these ultra small cameras and a magnetic card swiper (available in gadget mags) I could make a fortune. Unfortunatly I was too damn lazy to make it happen. Plus there is that whole going to jail thing..........ah to day dream! |
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Quoted: Seems a good time to repeat an event that happened late last year in Truckee Ca. Police responded to a suspicious person report and a sharp eyed officer noticed a wireless camera that was attached to the frame of an ATM, even though it was designed to match. Further investigation found a wireless video capture devise in a nearby van. Two suspects turned out to be part of a russian mafia ring operating out of Vegas. MO was to observe the pin through the camera, follow and burglarize victim to get physical possesion of the card. I remember something similar to this. They setup a fake machine in a mall and recorded the numbers to the hard drive, and performed "routine maintenance" to download the numbers and pins.... |
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Quoted: I remember something similar to this. They setup a fake machine in a mall and recorded the numbers to the hard drive, and performed "routine maintenance" to download the numbers and pins.... |
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They are also doing this with gas pumps with card readers at stations near major highways. MO is for someone to pull up to pump on the side away from the attendant, open the pump, and clip in a device that gets the card number and PIN, then come back at a later time to collect it. The mark never sees anything out of the ordinary, as it uses the pump's actual reader, and doesn't know anything's amiss until they get a call from their card company or get their bill. Countermeasure is to use the pumps that face the attendant, or at least the pumps closest to the attendant. |