Recently, Indonesian people has been worried by news that some wicked people that make use of technology to stole or copy actually our ATM card as well as our PIN and use this copy to “legally” steal our money. This is possible thru a concept know as ATM skimming.

ATM Skimming is a method use by criminal by placing additional tools in front of card door of an ATM. This tool has function to record magnetic information of inserted card, which then can be used to create a copy of our ATM card.

Normally, a camera or other monitoring device should be installed nearby because even though ATM card could be copied but not the PIN. That’s why a camera will ease criminal to have information of their newly copied ATM card.

Below are some tip on how to save our ATM from skimming

• Use same ATM machine often, so we will be able to recognize for any changes that may happen on this ATM
• Carefully check for scratch or any alien thing especially in front of ATM Card Door
• To reduce possibility of skimming, use ATM on crowded area, because normally skimmer would place their skim tool when there would be no one nearby ATM

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