An e-mail, which has been widely circulated in the past week, shows how a fake card slot containing a scanner can be attached to an ATM machine to record data from a credit or debit card's magnetic stripe. A camera attached to the side of the ATM and disguised as an information box is positioned to record information on the screen and the keypad.

A wireless transmitter inside the box then sends the video to the scammers, who can capture the information on a computer in a nearby car or building. The thieves can be up to 200 metres away.

A spokesperson for NCR, the ATM giant which produced the cash machine shown in the e-mail, said the scam had been reported several times in South America. The machine shown in the document belonged to Brazilian bank Bradesco.

Police in Canada, the United States and Malaysia have reported cases of fraud using similar hi-tech methods.

from: http://www.snopes.com/cri...camera.asp

what next?

I've seen that email. But if you look at the ATM machine, it looks fairly obviously altered.

from now on i'ma gonna whack each ATM with a stick one to see if the fake bits break off, before withdrawing any ca$h

XxAxX said:

Yeah but they might think you're trying to get money out like that. With your stick.