ATM fraud [was: Phishing that scares me....]

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

Hubbard, Dan wrote:
> I don't know about you but I was pretty impressed with this one. Swipers
> have come a long way and this one looks like it would be very
> successful. 

Actually, ATM fraud is a big thing for a few years now. We have seen it 
here in Israel for quite some time. Romania also suffers from it more 
than others.

Putting an extra swipe on an ATM machine, putting a camera across the 
street, building a FAKE ATM entirely, etc. happen quite a bit.

Some interesting stories actually involve social engineering, such as 
for example a scammer using a working machine, waiting for someone to 
come and try a non-working machine that the Bad Guy jammed.

The Bad Guy than offers his help by trying the card on his machine.. the 
rest is history.

Another example is the Bad Guy offering help, and changing the cards 
from the Good one to a Bad one, thus causing the Bad to be swallowed 
while pocketing the real one.
:)

Lotsa scams.

        Gadi.
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