In Reply to: Old scam posted by ChristineL on Wednesday, 27. March 2013 at 07:31 Bali Time:
... then they usually block your card as they see Indo as high risk. Also they will not process 'card not present' transactions such as hotel bookings in Bali before you arrive so it must be bad. I have hear up to 30% or so of ATMs in Bali skim data (including in some 7/11 type stores) so i only ever use mine to get cash at Bali Deli, and in major restaurants to pay bills. I always only use 1 or 2 cards in any atm and keep 1 or 2 spare in case that ATM skims. I did freak when one ATM swallowed my card once - but it had expired.