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So You Think You Can Spot a Skimmer?

Summary: Krebs on Security marks the 50th anniversary of the ATM, which opened at a Barclays branch in Enfield, north London on June 27, 1967, and notes there are now an estimated three million ATMs worldwide. The piece catalogs the skimming and trapping techniques thieves have developed since then - wiretapping, card-trapping, cash-trapping, false fascias, shimming, black box attacks, bladder bombs, gas attacks and deep insert skimmers - and points to an ATM Fraud Inspection Guide from NCR Corp. covering common skimming forms and their telltale signs.

Bottom line: Most skimmers can still be defeated by covering the PIN pad while entering a PIN, with the exception of expensive PIN pad overlays, and the source notes skimmer thieves favor weekends and long holiday weekends when banks are closed.

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Fraud & Scams
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