"Perth Snatchers" - Skimming Device Outbreak in Perth

 

More skimming devices found

Narelle Towie
April 13, 2009 11:17am

UPDATE THESE are the ATM skimming devices causing problems for banks, customers and the Fraud Squad.

The elaborate devices - shown here by a Fraud Squad detective - are being attached to ATMs across the country by brazen thieves.

Two new skimming devices have been found on ATMs across Perth, sparking further police warnings for customers to check machines before withdrawing money.

The first device was found at 6pm on Sunday on an ANZ machine in Beaufort Street, Mt Lawley.  Police spokesman Sergeant Graeme Clifford said a 32-year-old man had the device fall into his hands after he pulled on suspicious looking tape covering the card slot.  Further investigations by police revealed a camera attached to the machine.

A second device was reported by ANZ security personnel at a machine in Hillarys in front of Bar 120. The fraud squad today showed the device, pictured. 

Over the past two months two other skimming devices had been used on teller machines in Perth, the West Australian Major Fraud Squad said.  About 120 cards were skimmed in Scarborough costing customers more than $145,000 at the start of the month.  Sgt Clifford said people should be aware of the dangers of tampered machines and try to use ones that they are familiar with instead.  "You are also better off using machines that are inside buildings as they have security surveillance and are less likely to be tampered with," he said.  The fraud squad are fingerprinting the new devices and reviewing security footage from affected banks.

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