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Development in technology has made the world a better place but criminal elements are constantly taking advantage of loopholes in machine to exploit users.

You probably know that you should take care when using an Automated Teller Machine, but how can you know for sure that the device has been compromised – and what should you do upon realising this?
The ATMs in the wall of banks, hotels, supermarkets, shopping malls, bus stops and other locations contain a lot of money.
 
Attempting to remove the money by force will result in the notes being dyed, becoming easy to trace alongside the perpetrators, according to makeuseof
 
This has more or less ended the practice of physical brute force attacks on the ATMs, as well as attempts to steal the whole devices (a practice common in the past using four-wheel drive trucks with winches or heavy-duty tow bars).
 
Instead, thieves have opened a new line of attack: through you. There are three distinct types of the ATM crime. The first is when someone waits for you to withdraw cash and then steals it from you. The second occurs when a victim is forced under duress to make a withdrawal and hand it over to the criminal. Third is the mode by which your PIN is observed and your card stolen.
 
The vast majority of the ATM crime is based on a digital variant of this third method. This way there is no physical crime and those plotting the fraud can remain comparatively anonymous, largely avoiding recognition in person or by camera. They visit the scene of the crime just a couple of times to install and later remove the hardware modifications they have made to the ATM. These modifications can leave you penniless.
 
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