Update On Atm Skimming In Galway City

alibabba

Hi all..... just been talking to a girl here who's sister works in Bank of
Ireland. Apparantly, they discovered yesterday that Galway is rampant with
these scanners. The Eyre Sq branch yesterday had distraught people coming
in every few minutes. They are advising now that we don't use any ATM
machines accross the city except those situated inside bank branches and
where possible get your money by 'cash back' with laser. Machines located
in shops out the country have also been targeted big time.

simu

Geez, scarey stuff! Thanks for the info!

Ronan|Raven

You will never take me alive

GerardKeating

alibabba wrote:

Hi all..... just been talking to a girl here who's sister works in Bank of
Ireland. Apparantly, they discovered yesterday that Galway is rampant with
these scanners. The Eyre Sq branch yesterday had distraught people coming
in every few minutes. They are advising now that we don't use any ATM
machines accross the city except those situated inside bank branches and
where possible get your money by 'cash back' with laser. Machines located
in shops out the country have also been targeted big time.

Actually Bank of Ireland have issued no such advice.

Miguel_Sanchez

alibabba wrote:

Hi all..... just been talking to a girl here who's sister works in Bank of
Ireland. Apparantly, they discovered yesterday that Galway is rampant with
these scanners. The Eyre Sq branch yesterday had distraught people coming
in every few minutes. They are advising now that we don't use any ATM
machines accross the city except those situated inside bank branches and
where possible get your money by 'cash back' with laser. Machines located
in shops out the country have also been targeted big time.

Funny how all these people found out about it on the same day.

Sounds like ****e to me.

simu

But but... who are we to believe?!!!!

Miguel_Sanchez

simu wrote:

But but... who are we to believe?!!!!

I'd say we should definitely believe the person whose friend's sister works in the Bank of Ireland.

Just kinda like my cousin's best friend's brother who went to a party once in America and was given loads of free booze and then woke up in a bath of ice and his kidney had been taken.

simu

Jeff_Lebowski wrote:

Just kinda like my cousin's best friend's brother who went to a party once in America and was given loads of free booze and then woke up in a bath of ice and his kidney had been taken.

Oh jeepers. That's Amerikay for ya, hi!

TerrorFirmer

No one ever answers this question. Does the bank cover your loss? Because I always cover my pin when entering, and am very careful. I can hardly imagine a senario where getting ripped off would be through my own fault.

Fighting Irish

even if the op is telling fibs, people should be cautious anyway. They can take my money if they want, all €8 of it!

silverlining

I blame these new-fangled ATMs. The old-fashioned UTM was much more secure.

Sponge Bob

AIB in Galway are ultra twitchy as well, SWMBO got me to tap the max out of a DrinkLink yesterday morning , AIB rang me at lunchtime to confirm it was kosher (1st time they ever rang to check )

BoI had a customer in Galway whose account was cleaned out after a skimming machine was attached to an ATM in Newcastle/Westside this week.

The skimming device is attached in front of the real card slot and captures the data off the strip on the 'way in' see this example. There is a camera abouts as well. Do not try to remove a skimmer unless you want to discuss the weather shortly afterwards witha gang of very pleasant Romanians who will be within 200m of 'their machine' .

If you card is in before you notice then enter a wrong pin and cancel the transaction .

CrowdedHouse

@SpongeBob - linkie no workie ^^

TerrorFirmer

You are never safe....even in our lovely village of Oranmore there was scandal with regards to this sort of thing a very short while ago.

In the paper today, they did indeed confirm rising reports of atm scams - but not remotely in the numbers the OP made it out to be! I always cover my hand when entering my pin - what more can I do really.

Robbo

I cunningly avoid being maced by a skimmer by being broke. It's a recent tactic but by Jove, it's working.

In an related note, Will Drop Pants For Money.

CrowdedHouse

MobileInfantry wrote:

You are never safe....even in our lovely village of Oranmore there was scandal with regards to this sort of thing a very short while ago.

Whereabouts MobileI ? I visit your lovely village regularly.

Redhairedguy

CrowdedHouse wrote:

Whereabouts MobileI ? I visit your lovely village regularly.

The BOI ATM beside S'macs. Good bit of cash taken.. etc etc...

I'm more of a frequenter of the Shopping centre ATM... near ripped off the keypad today searching for dodgy hardware... woman behind muttered in disapproval. I however pocketed my cash and scuttled off into the rain... my fiery locks ablaze!

CrowdedHouse

Thanks RHG I missed the reply until now.
I've used the one at the shopping centre ok - warily too !

Never in Supermac's in Oranmore,tried the other chipper up the street,not too bad, traditonal big chips

TerrorFirmer

CrowdedHouse wrote:

Never in Supermac's in Oranmore,tried the other chipper up the street,not too bad, traditonal big chips

My friend found a fly in his sausage. And I can verify that.

My girlfriend found a fly in her Kebab.

That place is a ****hole, no joke, half the time they never use gloves when actually making the stuff, and they'd be doing all different jobs and swapping back and forth. And they seem to have a fly problem

CrowdedHouse

LOL was waiting for that,actually literally only had one bag of chips out of it.
Thanks for the advice though.

deisemum

My sister recently got a phonecall from her bank who informed her that they were contacting people who used the ATM at the Oran Town centre because they found a skimmer in it. She also got a call from her other bank in Athenry regarding the same thing on her other account. Fortunately she was ok but she knows several people who had large sums taken, One person had 3500 taken.

A woman had been using the ATM at the Oran Town Centre and apparently the skimmer thing became dislodged when she was removing her card. Suddenly a bloke jumped out of a nearby car and started attacking her but she was able to hold onto the skimmer and the security man who was nearby restrained the bloke until he was arrested. I've heard ads on national radio advising people about it.

Between that, fake cash and credit card scams it's getting more risky handling your finances

po0k

Barter

alibabba

GerardKeating wrote:

Actually Bank of Ireland have issued no such advice.

If its a case YOU work in Bank of Ireland, get all of your facts correct before making the above statement. BOI might not be publically issuing such advise, but when I rang the bank in eyre square, the DID issue this advise to me. FACT

alibabba

Jeff_Lebowski wrote:

Funny how all these people found out about it on the same day.

Sounds like ****e to me.

There must be something wrong with your hearing so !

rabbitinlights

deisemum wrote:

One person had 3500 taken.

at one time? I thought 990 was the largest sum from a pass machine?

snubbleste

It was on the Keith Finnegan show this morning.
There are 6/7 people(minimum) per day reporting to the banks in galway alone, that funds in their accounts have gone missing. They had some lady on from the bank..

If those people notice it on monday, imagine how many people had used the same machine but won't notice the transactions until a week later or until they get a call from their branch.

deisemum

rabbitinlights wrote:

at one time? I thought 990 was the largest sum from a pass machine?

She had a number of transactions taken from her account over a couple of days and the withdrawls occured in Dublin

kraggy

ATM in Joyces Knocknacarra has been the latest one to be hit

Sponge Bob

I understand that the recent ones in Galway were all BoI and Ulster machines.

JohnCleary

Laser tbh

galah

So isn't there anything the banks can do to stop this kinda fraud? Some sort of device to put on the atm face that prevent scammers from putting anything on top of it? More cctv?

I mean, this sort of scam has been around for a good while - they MUST have some sort of idea on how to prevent it...Cause it must cost the banks a fortune as well, reimbursing all those people...

timeout

galah wrote:

Cause it must cost the banks a fortune as well, reimbursing all those people...

I don't think they do reimburs people money.Has anyone got a confirmation that the bank does reimburs if you get scammed?

TerrorFirmer

timeout wrote:

I don't think they do reimburs people money.Has anyone got a confirmation that the bank does reimburs if you get scammed?

I really don't see how they could NOT reimburse you. Say I always cover my hand when entering my pin, and use centrally located ATMs, the only one in fact that is close to me while at work, if someone STILL rips me off, what can they say? Don't draw out money anymore?

Someone MUST now if they reimburse you or not! I'd imagine they have to investigate each case as comes - very time consuming....

wet-paint

I've heard that it's people's kids who know the PIN and take money out when they're not looking.

wet-paint

http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0109/atmfraud.html

Chevano Riley

MobileInfantry wrote:

Say I always cover my hand when entering my pin....

thats all anyone needs to do. as long as the guy with binoculars/the hidden camera/the darkie behind you cant see its all good.

MargeS

I saw a programme on British TV some months ago and covering your hand doesn't work! Someone video records you using the ATM and then replays the video at slow motion to work out your PIN. I saw the guy on the programme actually demonstrating this.

wet-paint

They can only do that if they can work out which button you press. That's easy to avoid too. I takethe card out of my wallet, and cover my whole hand with it. It's a standard keypad, you know where every digit is placed, and the 5 usually has a dimple to help you. Use every finger to press it, not jsut your index.

biko

This is what they _may_ look like

po0k

wet-paint wrote:

They can only do that if they can work out which button you press. That's easy to avoid too. I takethe card out of my wallet, and cover my whole hand with it. It's a standard keypad, you know where every digit is placed, and the 5 usually has a dimple to help you. Use every finger to press it, not jsut your index.

Aye, but the keys have a [strike]shi[/strike][strike]tty[/strike] poor depress action, can't touch-type with them.

alibabba

7AM this morning, ATM skimming device was discovered on ATM Loughrea BOI. Along with the culprits who were standing by on foot and in a darkened window car

Willymuncher

alibabba wrote:

7AM this morning, ATM skimming device was discovered on ATM Loughrea BOI. Along with the culprits who were standing by on foot and in a darkened window car

:eek: Yikes, where did you hear that from?

thenakedchef

the atm at duggans in renmore was tapped a few weeks ago also,i have refused point blank to withdraw cash from an atm,
banks should refund you as they surely have some means of recording a trend or pattern as to how much on average you withdraw

alibabba

Willymuncher wrote:

:eek: Yikes, where did you hear that from?

I didnt hear about it, I experienced it.

Sponge Bob

thenakedchef wrote:

banks should refund you as they surely have some means of recording a trend or pattern as to how much on average you withdraw

I made 2 withdrawals = 2 x My max before and after midnight one day before christmas and got a phone call from my branch in the afternoon at 2pm, they were very on the ball I thought . They can spot a pattern very fast if they try.