ATM scam yields cards and PINs

by billso on Wednesday, 13 December 2006

This post was first pub­lished on my old blog at http://www.bloglines.com/blog/wsodeman?id=266

This scam uses social engi­neer­ing and a home­made trap to retrieve an inno­cent customer’s ATM card and PIN. A strap is slipped inside the card slot of an ATM. An accom­plice waits near the machine, and offers to “help” the vic­tim retrieve their ATM card from the jammed slot.

The vic­tim won’t see their card again. The crim­i­nals need is the victim’s PIN, because the accom­plice will use the hid­den strap to pull out the card after the vic­tim leaves. The strap is some­times made from dis­carded X-ray film. (Snopes.com, Hoax-Slayer.com, Brama.com)

ATM shim

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Tagged as: crime, Europe, hardware, security, USA

  • david

    http://www.topix.com/forum/gadgets/printers/TP7…

    Officetron­ics scam and fraud. Inter­est­ing topic.

  • http://www.avoid-fraud.com/ fraud pre­ven­tion

    The best advice: if you want to see if the atm is clean just see if the 5 has an relief point, and also cover your hand when you enter the pin.

  • http://www.avoid-fraud.com/ fraud pre­ven­tion

    The best advice: if you want to see if the atm is clean just see if the 5 has an relief point, and also cover your hand when you enter the pin.

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