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Two Arrested For Skimming - Ohio News Network
Thursday, 17 May 2012 20:05

Two Arrested For Skimming
Ohio News Network
Nazim Halil and Abdesselam Kharraz , both from Canada, are facing forgery and other charges after allegedly placing skimming devices on at least three ATM machines. A "skimmer" is a small card reader which can be disguised to look like a part of an ATM ...
 
Phishing scam in Barron County - WQOW TV News 18
Thursday, 17 May 2012 11:14

Phishing scam in Barron County
WQOW TV News 18
This is a phishing scam trying to get information on the person's debit card. You are being asked "to reactivate your debit card for shopping and ATM usage, please call our security department or press 1 now and you will be transferred to our security ...

Tags: smishing , phishing
 
Man Placed Skimmer In Bank's ATM, Police Charge - Patch.com
Thursday, 17 May 2012 05:02

Man Placed Skimmer In Bank's ATM, Police Charge
Patch.com
Bogdan Serghite, 26, was charged with identity theft, a Class 3 felony, and Catalin Pencic, 36, was charged with knowingly damaging property after a May 8 incident at and near a financial institution in the 8200 block of Golf Road...
 
UK man jailed for Facebook hack - ComputerworldUK
Thursday, 17 May 2012 04:02

Daily Mail

UK man jailed for Facebook hack
ComputerworldUK
He was charged on 29 February 2012. “[Yesterday's] result should act as a deterrent to any individuals thinking of participating in this type of criminal activity. By taking swift action, PCeU officers were able to quickly detain Crosskey, ...
Tags: sentence , pceu
 
Man jailed over forklift ram raid in North Lanarkshire - BBC News
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 09:37

BBC News

Man jailed over forklift ram raid in North Lanarkshire
BBC News
A man who tried to steal a cash machine using a forklift truck has been jailed for six and a half years. Richard McGrath, 32, admitted - while acting with others - to targeting the Londis Stores in Cleland, North Lanarkshire, on 4 November 2008...
 
10 Bulgarians Face Jail in France for ATM Skimming - Novinite.com
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 03:07
10 Bulgarians Face Jail in France for ATM Skimming
Novinite.com
10 Bulgarian citizens are to face a court in the French city of Lyon over charges of implementing a massive ATM skimming network. The prosecutor on the case has requested sentences ranging from 30 months to 6 years in prison, report media in France...
 
Warning over Hampstead cash machine scam - Ham&High
Monday, 14 May 2012 07:21

Warning over Hampstead cash machine scam
Ham&High
The South End Green Association has taped a beware sign to the ATM in Heath Hurst Road, which thieves have been tampering with. The technique, known as “cash trapping”, blocks notes from being dispensed. After puzzled cashpoint users walk away, ...
 

ATM Fraud and Security Digest

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

ATM Skimming / Skimming / EFTPOS Compromise

Police in the UK released statistics showing that 92% of ATM fraud in the UK is attributed to Romanian criminal gangs; most of those arrested originating...

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

In a variant of stuck key fraud and leaving transaction live fraud, suspects were arrested in India for stuck touch screen fraud which involves...

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

Transaction reversal fraud was detected in Europe during March. An employee of a Nigerian bank was sentenced...

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

An attempt to remove an ATM using a vehicle and chain failed in the Turks and Caicos Islands. In the US, a tow rope was used...

Safe Cutting / Safe Breaking / Theft from ATM

Police in India interviewed employees of agencies that maintain an ATM following the compromise of the ATM lock and...

Explosive Attacks

Industry and Police renewed cooperation in South Africa as ATM bombingscontinued throughout March.

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