ATM Scam Warning

[deckardcanine]

I've received a photo-based PowerPoint file on a common scam at ATMs. Since I don't know how to present it in LJ, I'll give you the gist:

A thief glues X-ray film into the card slot. A customer soon finds his card trapped. The thief comes and offers to help by pressing Enter and Cancel at the same time that the customer enters his PIN. After several tries, the customer gives up and leaves. The thief then grabs the hard-to-detect film tabs and removes the card, now knowing the PIN.

If your card is "confiscated" by the machine, check closely for tabs, refuse the above "help" method when offered, and inform the bank immediately.

Comments

[marmoe.livejournal.com]

If you have PowerPoint, open the presentation and save it as HTML. After that you can find the images in the folder associated with the HTML file. If you do not have PowerPoint, Microsoft offers a PowerPointViewer for free, but I do not know (and doubt it, but it's worth a try), whether you can save the PowerPoint file as HTML from there, too.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Alas, too late. I already deleted the email with the PPT file attached.