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Another Twist on ATM Tampering
Posted on Mar 2, 2007 by Michelle Pastor
Be leery if an ATM machine seems to swallow your card—you may be just about to become an identity theft victim.
According to the Hillsboro Argus in Oregon, ATMs can be rigged by thieves to hold onto your ATM card once you input it to take out cash. While the card is stuck in the machine, the identity thief approaches you and offers to help. He says that to free up your card, you need to enter your pin number while he holds down the cancel and hold buttons. He sees you enter your pin number and memorizes it. Once you get frustrated and leave without retrieving your ATM card, the identity thief removes the card and uses your pin to retrieve cash from your account.
Read more on how they do it. And see our previous post with a video of an ATM "skimming" scam.
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