Now we have to ware gloves at the ATM FFS

[alreadypacked]

Hiding your hand while inputting the code on the ATM is no longer enough.

Card skimmers are now using a thermal imaging devices to pick up PINs from thermal signatures left on ATM keypads.

While standing in the queue the fraudster can also download their target’s card details using an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) scanner app.

Card skimmers now use thermal imaging to steal your bank PINs

O’Connor said that concerned punters can take steps to confuse the thieves by simply allowing your fingertips to rest on random keys after completing a retail transaction, providing the fraudster with a misleading trail of buttons.

[DannyF1966]

Probably not a bad thing, those keypads are probably crawling with germs.

[original PM]

when I go to a cash point a normally scope about a bit to make sure there are no dodgy geezers hanging around...

never been robbed so far so must work!

I think however many still go for the more low tech "wait until they have got the money out and smack em on the head" approach

[SimonMac]

Who still uses cash?

Contactless FTW!

[EternalOptimist]

I got this mate right. he's not from Liverpool or nothing. like

withdraw a couple of hundred, take a twenty from the middle then wait till the machine sucks it back in. you get credited the 200 and they cant touch you for it. honest guv

[Pondlife]

I got this mate right. he's not from Liverpool or nothing. like

withdraw a couple of hundred, take a twenty from the middle then wait till the machine sucks it back in. you get credited the 200 and they cant touch you for it. honest guv

Not anymore for the very reason you stated. Now it goes into a special box with a receipt.

[sal]

Is there a working skimmer for cards witch chips? i thought the issue only affected cards with magnetic strips, that are mostly phased out in Europe unlike the US

[SimonMac]

Is there a working skimmer for cards witch chips? i thought the issue only affected cards with magnetic strips, that are mostly phased out in Europe unlike the US

All cards still have magnetic strips for when the Chip and Pin doesn't work

[Diver]

Everybody has to make a living for goodness sake!

We all have bills to pay!

This thermal scanner for instance cost me (somebody) nearly £400.

It does make you paranoid when you have to use an ATM though, and the quick tills in shops are as bad.

[original PM]

Everybody has to make a living for goodness sake!

We all have bills to pay!

This thermal scanner for instance cost me (somebody) nearly £400.

It does make you paranoid when you have to use an ATM though, and the quick tills in shops are as bad.

wtf have you been for the past god knows how long?