Another sucker gets caught at ATM
2006-07-20
LAST week I was caught for a sucker at Standard Bank’s ATM in Lady Grey Street and I was told I was the third victim within a week.
I tried to insert my card into the machine, but it would not accept it.
A smartly dressed, well-spoken man with an African accent came to my assistance and I thought that he was a bank assistant.
He told me to press the button on the left, then re-insert my card and enter my pin code.
I stood close to the machine so that he could not see my pin code as I entered it. The machine refused the transaction. When I turned around for more help, he had disappeared.
A genuine bank assistant then came to my assistance and I was taken into the bank where the extremely helpful staff sprang into action to stop my card. Unfortunately it was too late, because R1000 had already been withdrawn from a nearby ATM.
I recommend that any time anyone accosts you at an ATM, or your card appears to be stuck, you should leave the scene without entering your pin number. You can always get another card, but you can’t get your money back.
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