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Some Automated Teller Machine (ATM) users in Lagos have got a rough deal with suspected fraudsters, who lurk around the booths to dispossess them of their money.

They have also perfected the act of plying their nefarious trade, usually at weekends. They forcibly dispossess ATM users of their cards on Friday evenings and make away with the Personal Identification Number (PIN) codes to make withdrawals elsewhere.
This is because banking operations are usually shutdown for the weekend and complaints about stolen cards or ATM deactivation would not be possible until Monday.

According to information gathered, the robbers approach their targets with smiles while carrying out transactions on the ATM. They display their guns and point to their colleagues standing around in case you try to raise the alarm or call for people’s attention.
A victim, who was robbed recently while narrating her ordeal told The Guardian that “ There criminal snatched my three ATM cards and forced me to release my PIN. The sum of N680,000 withdrawn between Friday and Sunday night on all my three accounts.
“They knew that there was no way I could reach my bank to notify them of my encounter at the ATM before Monday. After collecting my ATM cards and confirming that the PIN given to them was not fake, they drove off on a motorcycle with the two accomplices, “she said.
A law enforcement officer, Mr. Solomon Agbedo, advised bank customers to avoid making withdrawals on lonely or less secure environments, especially on weekends to avoid falling into the hands of the criminals and to raise the alarm whenever they notice any suspicious movement.
more at http://www.akelicious.com/2017/05/why-friday-is-unsafe-for-atm-users.html

Facts!!

In God we trust

Ahmadgani:
In God we trust

... humans we investigate

Security at the bank is just a.shame CCCTV are just for none deliverable selfies (anyways I smile at any) ATM has camera but hardly is anyone monitoring it to counter crime. Nawa us sha

what happens by Calling your bank on the phone? fake blogger without doing proper research

fineboynl:
what happens by Calling your bank on the phone? fake blogger without doing proper research

Were you reading backward? What bank can you access on weekend to report ish??

I dont use ATM card so spiritually my money re save

Afonjashapmouth:
Were you reading backward? What bank can you access on weekend to report ish??

bank work 24/7 and weekends even Sundays. call their care emergency center. receive sense.

A thread once grace the front page that talks about being held at a gun point... That you should still go ahead to insert your pin but it should be in palindrome form and that it will automatically alert the Police who will eventually locate the crime scene.... But you and I know that naija never develop to that stage.... In all, let's be cautious and vigilant while using the ATM...

fineboynl:
bank work 24/7 and weekends even Sundays. call their care emergency center. received sense.

Not "received" train yourself on tenses before describing sense centres, obviously you still failed by thinking customer care offer senses too.

Agimor:
A thread once grace the front page that talks about being held at a gun point... That you should still go ahead to insert your pin but it should be in palindrome form and that it will automatically alert the Police who will eventually locate the crime scene.... But you and I know that naija never develop to that stage.... In all, let's be cautious and vigilant while using the ATM...

And you think armed robbers dont know that too People would not mind to part away with their money to life and BTW which police

Afonjashapmouth:
Not "received" train yourself on tenses before describing sense centres, obviously you still failed by thinking customer care offer senses too.

Oga getaway.

fineboynl:
Oga getaway.

Omoshe get lost

Afonjashapmouth:
Omoshe get lost

pikin when refused to learn them de throwaway am. bye

fineboynl:
pikin when refused to learn them de throwaway am. bye

Elder wey no pass wey dey talk back in our days, we dey hiss on dem ni. odabo