In Reply to: ATM Card Skimming posted by 2binBali on Friday, 3. July 2009 at 07:59 Bali Time:
Some 7 or more years back I was staying at Melasti Legian and on leaving I used my credit card to pay for snacks booked up by my boys during the stay which was done with the old carbon swipe method machine. Back in Aus some 2 weeks later I found my card was maxed out when paying for petrol. Ended up 3 transactions from a resort Is in Malaysia had been done with a copy of my card. After stat decks and talking to a cop working for the bank all funds were replaced, the cop said he investigates about 3 of these per day. if I have to use my card now I never let it out of my sight - sales people dropping the card under the counter is one method for a quick scan as it only takes seconds - be alert
Brent