ShyWriter Posted April 24, 2013 ID:673607 Share Posted April 24, 2013 .How Not to Install an ATM SkimmerExperts in the United States and Europe are tracking a marked increase in ATM skimmer scams. But let’s hope that at least some of that is the result of newbie crooks who fail as hard as the thief who tried to tamper with a Bank of America ATM earlier this week in Nashville.Nashville police released a series of still photos (which I made into a slideshow, below) that show a man attaching a card skimming device to a local ATM, and then affixing a false panel above the PIN pad that includes a tiny video camera to record victims entering their PINs. According to Nashville NBC affiliate WSMV.com, this scammer’s scheme didn’t work as planned: The card skimmer overlay came off of the ATM in the hands of the first customer who tried to use it. As you can see in the image montage, the first would-be victim arrives less than seven minutes after the thief installs the skimmer. The story doesn’t state this, but the customer who accidentally pulled the card skimmer off of the ATM actually drove off with the device. Interestingly, the fraudster returns a few minutes later to salvage what’s left of his kit (and perhaps his pride). (More...)More on this crook's stupidity at: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/04/how-not-to-install-an-atm-skimmer/ Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted April 25, 2013 ID:673774 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Wow... :angry2: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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