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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. Pour me up a FROST PISS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hey ma, I really want an ATM Card Skimmer to deliver me a frosty piss!

    1. Re:Pour me up a FROST PISS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Shut up, dumbass.

  2. huh? by mindstormpt · · Score: 0, Troll

    nice job indeed...

  3. Mirror needs a mirror too. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It just got Slashfucked too.

  4. In Soviet Russia... by Espectr0 · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...ATM draws cash out of YOU!

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  5. Re:550 Pounds of money?!?!?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hey the US is the best third world country around.

  6. Re:Mirror in case of /. by phillymjs · · Score: 0, Troll

    what kind of justice is it when scammers get to go free with the cash they stole?

    American. Well, only if the scammer is a large corporation.

    Mod me down if you want, but you know I'm right!

    ~Philly

  7. Re:Easy as Ebay by wwwillem · · Score: 0, Troll

    Card readers are like guns or software. They can be used by bad people in bad ways, but that doesn't make them bad.

    Ehhhh, what??? Yes I agree with the card reader and software part of the story. But can someone please explain how guns can ever be used in good ways. And don't give me the crap about guns being invented for shooting at dart boards.

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  8. Re:550 Pounds of money?!?!?!? by sexecutioner · · Score: 0, Troll

    Australia did it, took 5 years. It's only because you are all too stupid that you can't fucking handle the cahnge.

  9. Re:Mirror in case of /. by Snar+Bloot · · Score: 0, Troll
    I think every single one of this person's points are valid. And absolutely on point...looking at it for the short term. But if that's all that happens to him (he goes "home" with his 64K CAN, drinks beer on his home beach), well, then that just encourages others to do the same thing.

    The punishment reason he mentioned can be important. ie: you come here, you fuck with us...we will get you and make you pay.

    That could be more effective than "oh well..he's gone...good riddance."

  10. Re:shouldn't ATM machines be designed better? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I heard a story from a friend about a guy who walked up to an ATM in a black balaclava, punched keys into the machine for about 20 minutes causing the machine to empty all its contents and walked off with it. I'm assuming it was an inside job/disgruntled ex-employee putting a trojan into the ATM code.

  11. Re:550 Pounds of money?!?!?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    No, it's only because we're so omnipotent, we don't have to.

    More like impotent. Everyone knows that the Brits and the Aussies did all the work in Iraq. The US just show-ponied around and pulled down statues of Saddam after the Aussie SAS had killed all the baddies. Yeah.