ATM theft – guard your card
Fraudsters are probably upping their game trying to grab your cards and pin numbers in time for their Christmas shopping. This timely warning describes one such scam in pictures so you can recognise the tell-tale signs at the cash-machines.
An email from Tony, one of my blog readers, kindly warned me about this card scam. Having your card stolen is bad enough but this one also attempts to fool you into giving your pin number up as well.
It is a very simple process – but potentially devastating for anyone caught by it. The 17-page PDF (link below) shows, in picture format, exactly how it is done and how to avoid it happening to you.
I suggest you tell anyone you know and care for about this, but as the PDF file is about 500k in size, it may be easier for you to suggest that your friends visit this post to get a copy for themselves.
Or visit the hoax website where they show the pictures on-line along with tips for taking precautions:
Snopes.com ATM theft warning
Thank you Tony for the warning.
Stay safe and guard your hard-earned cash.
~ Carol Bentley
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