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Re:All About ATM Skimmers by xnull2guest on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @11:44PM (#8328467)
Designing a skimmer-proof ATM is much like designing a squirrel-proof birdfeeder. It looks good on paper but you never know what these guys are going to do.

Even if there were a skim-proof ATM, they could probably get a retired machine on the cheap, program it to accept cards and pins and then print 'Sorry, this machine is out of operation. Please call 1-800-FAK-ENUM to notify a technician' and place it somewhere reasonable.

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Re:All About ATM Skimmers by ZoFreX on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @10:06AM (#8329990)
> Even if there were a skim-proof ATM, they could probably get a retired machine on the cheap, program it to accept cards and pins and then print 'Sorry, this machine is out of operation. Please call 1-800-FAK-ENUM to notify a technician' and place it somewhere reasonable.

It's been done. As has creating an entire fake facade and putting in front of the real ATM.

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