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Australia's ATM Scam Alert: Protect Your Finances Today
Sep 3, 2024
Discover the alarming rise of ATM scams in Australia as criminals clone credit cards using hidden devices. Learn how to protect yourself and identify suspicious activity to safeguard your money. Don’t become a victim! #ATMScams #FraudAlert #CreditCardSafety #ConsumerProtection #AustraliaNews #ScamAwareness #FinanceTips #CyberSecurity #IdentityTheft #StopScammers
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Aussies are being urged to remain
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Vigilant this morning as two scammers
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are caught cloning credit cards in ATMs
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across Sydney and Melbourne the man and
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woman from Romania installed card
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readers known as shimmers inside the
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machines to steal people's information
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which they then use to withdraw tens of
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thousands of dollars the Australian
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federal police are now asking all aies
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to actively protect themselves from
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becoming another victim for more we're
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joined by finders money expert Rebecca
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Pike good morning to you let's start
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with these shimmers so they're thin
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metal devices put onto the ATMs for a
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start how on Earth could they fit these
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onto A bank's ATM without bank finding
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out yeah so it happens across you know
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different ATMs everywhere so you know
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some some ATMs aren't connected to Banks
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says necessarily so it's just these
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small devices that fit over the the card
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reader and you when you slot those the
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your card in it will take those numbers
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from you and so then how do they use
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those numbers so effectively scammers
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will you know end up with a spreadsheet
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full of card numbers full of all the
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information that you need and then
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they'll start taking different payments
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from you small ones at the start so that
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you don't notice and they might work
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their way up and sometimes they'll even
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have a small camera in the ATM to watch
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you type your PIN code in wow so how
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often is this happening in Australia
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it's happening more and more um the
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Australian Bureau of Statistics released
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some figures about 2022 to 2023 and
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about $2.2 billion was stolen from ATM
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fraud so it's it's and you that's Rising
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every year so it's definitely something
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that people should be looking out for so
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they start off taking very small amounts
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over a long period of time I guess you
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could miss that on your statement
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exactly you you know even if it's a
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sometimes it's just a few cents and
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sometime so you don't really notice your
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balance going down sometimes it's a
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couple of dollars you might think you
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know did I go to the store buy a
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pineapple what have I done but you know
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sometimes they actually kind of keep
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your details for a couple of years and
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if you haven't noticed if you haven't
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stopped your card that's when they'll
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start taking the big numbers out so I
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guess you've got to watch your statement
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if they do end up doing that and then
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taking you know hundreds or thousands of
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dollars out do you have to pay or does
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the bank the banks have for protection
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so for the most part you'll get your
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money back especially if you can you
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know um raise a dispute early on a lot
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of banks now have capability on the app
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to raise a dispute about any scams so
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they can get it done pretty quickly um
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in some of the bigger cases they may
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need to start a investigation and I
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guess that's how you know we can then
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see um if you can report ATMs if you
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notice anything or think hold on
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something suspicious has happened here
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then they'll start a fraud investigation
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as well but for the most part they have
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protection and you will get your money
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back okay so start trolling your
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statements people that sounds like the
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Dayo message thank you very much herea
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