Fake ATM machine dupes China bank customers

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</TD></TR><TR><TD class=content_subtitle align=left>Wed, Jun 23, 2010
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</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD><!-- Story Without Image / With eXtra Large Image End --></TD></TR><TR><TD class=bodytext_10pt colSpan=3><!-- CONTENT : start -->BEIJING, June 23, 2010 (AFP) - Thieves in Beijing set up a fake ATM machine that recorded the bank details of unsuspecting users whose accounts were later robbed, in the first such scam discovered in China, state press said Wednesday.
Having duped bank customers into revealing their account details, the thieves forged duplicate bank cards to drain their accounts, China Central Television said.
The machine was bought from a legitimate manufacturer, but was not affiliated to any bank, it added.
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 width=300 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The ATM was placed on a busy corner in central Beijing and advertised that it could accept many major credit and bank cards, but all transactions resulted in an error message, the official China Daily reported.
According to the paper, one man who used the machine was robbed of 5,000 yuan (735 dollars), while another person had his bank account "drained" of an unspecified amount. No arrests have yet been made.
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[jw5]

If the thieves had the capability to nake "fake ATM machines", they would be really stupid simply to use it to collect card information.

 

[UseYourBrain]

They will soon set up a fake bank too and advertise 100% interest within one week. Surely there will gullible people fall for it

 

[Leongsam]

China! a nation of fakes through and through!:p

 

[manokie]

I will like to commend them for their originality

How about this?

 

[motormafia]

China! a nation of fakes through and through!:p

This fake ATM fraud stunt is learned from Ang Moh and had been popular in USA plus other Ang Moh countries in the last 15 years.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136179/Fake_ATM_doesn_t_last_long_at_hacker_meet

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/fake-atm-skimmers-found-in-las-vegas-hotels/3843

http://www.tgdaily.com/security-features/43479-bank-robbers-stuff-up-placement-of-fake-atm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_teller_machine

The first known instance of a fake ATM was installed at a shopping mall in Manchester, Connecticut in 1993. By modifying the inner workings of a Fujitsu model 7020 ATM, a criminal gang known as The Bucklands Boys were able to steal information from cards inserted into the machine by customers.