ATM card Ripoffs.......
I dont know about other Countries....... but here in Spain, CAM bank are the cheapest ATM charges 0.5 Euro...but BEWARE! some unscrupulous banks charge up to 12 EURO'S!!!!! just to draw money out on a DEBIT account card, OK, they DO TELL YOU ON-SCREEN AND ASK IF YOU WANT TO PROCEED.......
Also watch out for ANY SUSPICIOUS LOOKING "ADD-ONS" on an ATM. Thieves fit very convincing card readers to the front of cash machines, DONT BE FRIGHTENED TO TUG AT ANYTHING THAT LOOKS LOOSE OR DODGY!! if it is USE ANOTHER MACHINE it is safer and mostly less hassle. preferably USE THE MACHINES INSIDE THE BANKS the ones where the staff can see you. that way they can also see if anyone is messing with a machine too
A friend has just had his bank account wiped out by thieves in BANKOK when he was in IRELAND. the ATM recorded his card details, pin number etc, the next day in Bankok his details were being used. Luckily, as he sat in the Bank talking to his Bank Manager, explaining that he had not drawn all this money from his account, the computers were showing card activity in Bankok. so the card was stopped and he was fully reimbursed all monies.
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