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right now at 5: police in Prince
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George's County are issuing a warning to
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ATM users after finding suspicious
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devices at two Banks thanks for joining
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us tonight I'm lesle Foster and I'm
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Simone di Alba we wanted to show you new
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photos from green belt police that show
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metal plates placed over the cash slots
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it's a new crime called Cash trapping a
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Raphael Sanchez Cruz is live at one of
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the impacted banks with how this all
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Rafa yeah Simone we've warned people
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about Bank jug also card skimming and
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now we might be looking at a new type of
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crime like you mentioned it it's called
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Cash trapping now greenb police tells us
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that a person using an ATM at this Bank
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of America here warned them about a
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suspicious device just this Saturday
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Alicia Hernandez says she's surprised to
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see that thieves have figured out
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another way to seal people's hard earned
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cash it's so bad it's so bad because um
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working hard green belt police say that
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it was a concerned resident who notified
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them that there was a device blocking
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the money slot at the ATM on Ora Glenn
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Court once officers went out there and
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they found it and they were able to
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remove the device after they saw that
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they went out to the other banks in the
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area and just wanted to be proactive and
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do a search of all the other ATMs that
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were around to make sure those devices
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weren't any place else but there was
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police removed a second device from the
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Capital One Bank ATM on Green Belt Road
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law enforcement officials call this cash
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trapping the plates are adhered over the
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money slot essentially trapping the
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money as it comes out in the photos
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provided by green belt police you can
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see a $20 bill attached to one of the
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cash traps based on the way the device
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was set up we weren't sure if that
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device was there to actually trap the
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money or capture the money or if it was
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there set up as a distraction uh so that
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some other crimes could be committed
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down the road ATM users say it's a
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wakeup call to be more aware you have to
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be vigilant yeah yes yeah did did you
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have you heard of these devices before
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I've heard I've heard about it that
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people are doing it but never seen it
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especially we've also had the increase
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with the jugging incidents that were
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taking place so we ask citizens to kind
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of be mindful of where they're going and
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and pay attention to what's going
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on green belt police tells us they're
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working closely with the impacted Banks
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they're hoping to get images or video of
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whoever left those cash traps at these
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ATMs we did reach out to both capital
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one and Bank of America but we have yet
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to hear back I'm live in Green Belt
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Rafael Sanchez Cruz wusa9 it is good to
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have the update and the heads up so
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people can try to protect themselves and
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be on the lookout Rafa thank you
