ATM Skimming / Skimming / EFTPOS Compromise

Incidents of ATM skimming continued to dominate ATM fraud reports from many regions during October and, in particular, the US, Europe, Canada and Indonesia. Statistics released by...

Card Trapping / Card Theft / Distraction / Card Swapping

Card trapping, including Lebanese Loops, continued to be reported in October, particularly in the UK. Distraction techniques used to obtain cards mainly involved the ‘dropped note' method. Police in Saudi Arabia...

System Compromise /Transaction Reversal Fraud / Denomination Fraud

Transaction Reversal Fraud was suspected in the UK. ATM Malware (virus) was reported in Vietnam.

Deposit Fraud / Fake Deposit / False Deposit / Cheque Fraud          

Deposit fraud in the US included fake cheques and empty deposit envelopes. Arrests in the US included a ‘ring leader' who opened new accounts, made fake deposits and withdrew funds prior to them being properly cleared.

Phishing / Vishing / Advanced Fee / Funds Transfer Fraud

Phishing, vishing and smishing continued on a daily basis globally. In some instances, victims who hoped that text message alerts linked to their account would warn them...

Ram Raid Attacks / Theft of ATM / Smash-and-Grab

In the UK, a gang of four, who failed to remove an ATM using a digger, were sentenced to a total of 14 years prison. A total of three vehicles, including the digger, a 4x4 vehicle and a...

Safe Cutting / Safe Breaking / Theft from ATM

Tools used in October included crowbars and electric grinders in the US. In one failed attempt, a former police officer was sentenced for attempting to use a grinder...

Explosive Attacks

ATM bombings in South Africa included an incident where employees of a local business were held hostage and forced to remove the SIM cards...