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A few months ago I went to use my high street bank's ATM and it had an unusual card aperture. The rest of the machine looked normal. I walked into the branch, e
by proactivesvcs 10y ago
A few months ago I went to use my high street bank's ATM and it had an unusual card aperture. The rest of the machine looked normal. I walked into the branch, explained my concern and the cashier looked at me for several long moments, as if I had made some amazing comment, then said their engineers had fitted it and it was fine to use. I got the impression that I was the first to ask about it, and that such questions are unusual.
- mmmrtl 10y agoAnd presumably "their" engineers were instead social engineers?
- gricardo99 10y agoNo kidding. Next time walk in with a clipboard, some sort of name tag, and announce to the cashier that you need to perform maintenance on their ATM machine for the next half hour.
- harlanlewis 10y agoIt's interesting how the standard design of ATMs has created an opportunity for skimmer apertures. Straight from factory, ATMs are often a 1980s-vision-of-the-future with lots of bevels, mixed plastics of assorted shiny/matte, inexplicable recesses and protrusions. Even bulky skimmers and cameras (to capture your pin number) can be attached to the faceplate and most wouldn't think to question it. Snopes posted some photos and explanations: http://www.snopes.com/fraud/atm/atmcamera.asp http://www.snopes.com/fraud/atm/atmcamera.asp