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Just a minor point but it really weakened the article for me: The photo at the beginning purporting to show a skimmer sitting in front of an ATM in fact shows a standard ATM without a skimmer.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/angusf/4450137156

Then the 'keypad overlay' in the second image is just a photoshop of a keypad.

Fortunately, the rest of the article was interesting enough to outweigh these issues. The best advice contained in the article, for me, was that interfering with ATM skimmers and camera modules can result in direct intervention by the criminals who may be watching nearby. The best strategy is to leave it alone and alert the bank immediately.



I'd be cautious putting my card in that slot, but I've seen many legit machines that look a bit ropey.




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