So where are the signs? Brian. On Dec 1, 10:48 am, Biddy Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all > > I had an email this morning from a friend attaching a notice about a > new type of ATM fraud. I can't find a way of attaching it here, so > I'll just email it to the group separately - Trevor, you might like to > do something with it. > > The essence of it is in this quotation: > > *** The man called her back to show her a slip -- which he had put at > the ATM -- which said something had gone wrong with the transaction > and that she should put her card into the ATM again. > > The man pretended to help her by taking her card and putting it back > into the ATM. But in actual fact, in a swift movement, had swapped her > card with a fake card and placed the fake card in the ATM.*** > > And the big deal is that I THINK TWO GUYS MAY HAVE TRIED THAT ON ME > LAST WEEK - at the Standard Bank ATM outside the Kwikspar. One guy > tapped me on the shoulder and I chased him off in no uncertain terms, > but then when I'd finished (and double-checked everything because of > this), another guy asked me if I'd taken my slip (which I had). I > thought though that the second guy might have been asking because I > had taken rather long - because I was checking that it was my own card > etc. When we'd finished at the Spar I went to see whether the first > guy was still outside, and he wasn't. He had a very noticeable pink > and white horizontally-striped shirt (not T-shirt) on, so I'd have > easily recognised that. > > It's only now that I think the second guy may have been working with > the first one. > > Biddy. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
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