ATM Skimmer Device Found in Brighton

pasty

A different kind of pasty

Jul 5, 2003

30,264

West, West, West Sussex

• Jul 14, 2016

• #1

Watch it if using the Co-op ATM in Lewes Road. Thieving bar stewards

http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2016/07/14/cash-machine-skimmer-found-in-brighton/

 

Psychobilly freakout

HellBilly

Feb 23, 2009

22,993

Brighton factually.....

• Jul 14, 2016

• #2

Shitty atm that anyway, always swallows cards only used it once or twice and I always check the top, bottom and feeding bit on that one.

shame as the only safe ones in that area are at Sainsburys actually, not even the BP one on the roundabout is safe.

 

Paul Reids Sock

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Nov 3, 2004

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• Jul 14, 2016

• #3

Psychobilly freakout said:

Shitty atm that anyway, always swallows cards only used it once or twice and I always check the top, bottom and feeding bit on that one.

shame as the only safe ones in that area are at Sainsburys actually, not even the BP one on the roundabout is safe.

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Are any of them actually safe? I know the majority will be most the time but aren't they all able to be hacked/skimmed in similar ways?

 

Psychobilly freakout

HellBilly

Feb 23, 2009

22,993

Brighton factually.....

• Jul 14, 2016

• #4

Paul Reids Sock said:

Are any of them actually safe? I know the majority will be most the time but aren't they all able to be hacked/skimmed in similar ways?

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your right but areas count big I think, pissed up students getting dosh out before going into town, or coming back and buying booze

 

Paul Reids Sock

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Nov 3, 2004

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• Jul 14, 2016

• #5

Psychobilly freakout said:

your right but areas count big I think, pissed up students getting dosh out before going into town, or coming back and buying booze

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Good shout - I hadn't thought of that.

if I were a criminal (which I am not) I think I would target these safe areas rather than the others as it's where people don't expect it.

As a result I check everywhere!

 

Eeyore

Colonel Hee-Haw of Queen's Park

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Apr 5, 2014

23,526

• Jul 14, 2016

• #6

I wonder if Police put the ATM out of action and then wait to catch the criminals. Seems to make sense to do it that way.

 

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TheJasperCo

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Jan 20, 2012

4,590

Exeter

• Jul 14, 2016

• #7

Call me paranoid but every time I withdraw cash from an unfamiliar ATM, I always give the card slot a jiggle to check for anything suspicious. I also check for pinhole cameras pointing down onto the keypad.

And then my wallet itself is lined with RFID-protection to prevent wireless scamming of my card chips.

 

GoldWithFalmer

Seaweed! Seaweed!

Apr 24, 2011

12,687

SouthCoast

• Jul 14, 2016

• #8

I unfold my wallet and place it 3 inches above the keypad,now assuming the camera that has been set up to record me entering my pin is above the keys i feel that's as good as i can get in terms of shielding.

 

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severnside gull

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May 16, 2007

24,540

By the seaside in West Somerset

• Jul 14, 2016

• #9

TheJasperCo said:

Call me paranoid but every time I withdraw cash from an unfamiliar ATM, I always give the card slot a jiggle to check for anything suspicious. I also check for pinhole cameras pointing down onto the keypad.

And then my wallet itself is lined with RFID-protection to prevent wireless scamming of my card chips.

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That's impressive security