Now we have to ware gloves at the ATM FFS

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d000hg replied

25 March 2015, 15:38
Originally posted by Diver View Post

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.

Get cashback in your local supermarket/shop/pub that offers it?
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Diver replied

25 March 2015, 14:40
Originally posted by original PM View Post

That's gonna please the climate change mob....

I certainly hope so, I'm one of them

Off now as 1 3/4 hour drive to airport
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original PM replied

25 March 2015, 14:38
Originally posted by Diver View Post

Working on Wind Farms and other Renewable energy projects all over Europe.

Currently I'm in the lovely highlands of the Scottish Borders completing turbine installations.

Off to Edinburgh airport shortly to drop of the hire car and fly back to Wales and some home cooking

That's gonna please the climate change mob....
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Diver replied

25 March 2015, 14:35
Originally posted by original PM View Post

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

Working on Wind Farms and other Renewable energy projects all over Europe.

Currently I'm in the lovely highlands of the Scottish Borders completing turbine installations.

Off to Edinburgh airport shortly to drop of the hire car and fly back to Wales and some home cooking
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original PM replied

25 March 2015, 14:28
Originally posted by Diver View Post

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?
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Diver replied

25 March 2015, 14:24
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.
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SimonMac replied

25 March 2015, 13:24
Originally posted by sal View Post

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
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sal replied

25 March 2015, 12:59
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
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Pondlife replied

25 March 2015, 12:57
Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

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.
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EternalOptimist replied

25 March 2015, 12:55
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
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SimonMac replied

25 March 2015, 12:54
Who still uses cash?

Contactless FTW!
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original PM replied

25 March 2015, 12:49
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
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DannyF1966 replied

25 March 2015, 12:44
Probably not a bad thing, those keypads are probably crawling with germs.
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25 March 2015, 12:41
Now we have to ware gloves at the ATM FFS

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.
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