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Visual Autopsy Of An ATM Card Skimmer

Posted by timothy on from the picture-taker-worth-a-thousand-bucks dept.

Bert64 writes "A chap at work was recently the victim of an ATM card skimmer which took his card details, cloned them and allowed the fraudster to take 550 pounds out of his account. Having tried to explain how the fraudsters can hide a camera and card reader around the ATM, he decided it would be easier to show one of them after a few drinks down the pub. He was a little surprised to find that the machine he chose had a card reader and camera in place. These were removed and analysed, we believe we have reclaimed about 800 pounds worth of kit. Result: Pictures."

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  1. Re:It is /.ed by Flooda · · Score: 0, Redundant

    mirror here: http://www.flooda.us/slashdotted

  2. Re:550 Pounds of money?!?!?!? by The+Analog+Kid · · Score: 0, Redundant

    However people have difficulty converting between the two systems, like for temprature, a lot of people would get confused an thing that 40 degrees C is pretty cold when in reality it's not. Sure, I'd be all up for changing to the metric system, but how would you go about planning something like that in a cost effective manner. I suppose all new signs would have both systems used could be a start. You would have to reeducate people. It's a heap of problems that no one wants to solve, it's better to leave it alone.

  3. Re:prevention ... by banana-stick · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Can someone explain the need for the camera at ALL? I mean, the PIN is on the friggin' CARD anyway!