ATM Fraud and Security Digest

Extracts from the August monthly digest (click here for the full digest):

ATM Skimming / Skimming / EFTPOS Compromise

ATM skimming continued through August in many regions. In some instances anti-skimming features were damaged and disabled prior to the skimming device being attached to the ATM. Four Bulgarian nationals were arrested in Uganda suspected of involvement in ATM skimming and subsequent fraudulent spend. In one US incident...

Card Trapping / Cash Trapping / Card Swapping / Leaving Transaction Live

Cash trapping dominated ATM fraud reports from Europe during August. Both external and internal traps were used. Damage to the dispenser is often linked to internal cash trapping incidents. Card trapping incidents included the modus operandi of the suspect advising the victim to enter their PIN three times...

Transaction Reversal Fraud / Cheque Fraud / Denomination Fraud / Funds Transfer

Transaction reversal fraud incidents involved a range of tools and techniques. In India, three suspects were arrested following a number of retract reversal frauds. In France, forks were reported to have been used to generate reversals. Elsewhere, skilful manipulation of ATMs, often in association with the use of...

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

US incidents ranged from two male suspects using a handcart to remove an ATM from a hotel lobby to the use of a front-end loader to steal an ATM from a credit union. In one failed attempt to steal an ATM in the US, a husband and wife team...

Safe Cutting / Safe Breaking / Theft from ATM

An ex-security guard (male) dressed as a woman failed to prise open an ATM in India and was identified on CCTV. In another failed attempt of theft from an ATM in India, an alert member of the public contacted police after hearing three suspects attempting to cut open an ATM. Police in India managed to identify a suspect who had used a genuine one-time...

Explosive Attacks

An explosive attack in Malaysia failed to provide access to the cash in an ATM. An explosion at an ATM in Greece was deemed more likely terrorist related than an attempt to steal from. Attacks against ATMs in Brazil, including ATM bombings increased...

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