ATM couldn't eject my debit card :-/

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31 December 2011, 03:52 PM

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Was about 40 miles from home and stopped at a cashpoint so I could get some food. Checked my balance, that's was ok, drew £20 and just as the machine tried to eject the card, I could hear it sticking and retrying.

After about 60secs and about 5 attempts it eventually kept the card and the cash and told me to contact my bank.

I've had to cancel my card and wait 7 days for a new one, great!

Good job I wasnt hundreds of miles away and cashless or I'd have been screwed.

Out of interest, what would happen if you were say 500 miles away from home and that happened?

Exactly the same as just happened to you.

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31 December 2011, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by CrisPDuk

There is a cashpoint near me that's famous for being exceedingly reluctant to give cards up after transactions, RBS refuse to acknowledge that there's a problem with it

There would be if they knew about it and it kept MY card

A bolster and 4lb hammer problem

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31 December 2011, 04:49 PM

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Dropped Beth at work just now and thought I'd drip the few extra miles to go back and have a look. Took some pics.

Card reader (as of this afternoon)...

Camera?

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31 December 2011, 05:56 PM

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this has happened to me once before, total fckin PITA

i went into the garage and asked how could i get back, told wasnt there problem contact bank. there right its not there issue but i still wanted to kick f*ck out the guy lol.

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31 December 2011, 06:39 PM

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Why the hell would you want to kick **** out of someone who had nothing to do with your problem!!!

Yes, its annoying but come on, jeez!

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31 December 2011, 08:30 PM

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The ATM pictured above seems to look ok to me?? Need more of an overall picture to be sure. Check for extra seams / joins where they would not normally be.

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01 January 2012, 02:22 AM

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To be honest, the card reader looked ok, was a bit loose when I pulled it about but other than that looked OEM.

The hole in the top though, looked a bit dodgy, possibly a camera.

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01 January 2012, 10:19 AM

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Wow, didn't realise these card skimmers were so erm... hard to detect!

http://gizmodo.com/5453857/atm-card-...-sophisticated

Yup, as soon as I read your first post my first thought was 'card skimmer'

Glad you cancelled the card.

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01 January 2012, 10:26 AM

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The ATM pictured above seems to look ok to me?? Need more of an overall picture to be sure. Check for extra seams / joins where they would not normally be.

Sometime they have covers that cover the whole front of the machine:

Another:

http://www2.tbo.com/news/plant-city/...atm-ar-262415/

The hole is well dodgy IMO.

I wasn't aware how good they were until I saw a cops with cameras type program where they stopped some dodgy people in a car and found a complete front to a cashpoint the boot!

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01 January 2012, 11:15 AM

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I think a pull out fabric keypad protector would eliminate the camera seeing you type your pin. Maybe like on a retractable roller blind a couple of inches about the keypad.

Not sure using a hand covers enough.

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