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Beware The ATM Gangster Of Taiwan

9:30PM February 3, 2012 | Roberto Baldwin

When you’re in Taiwan and you use the ATM, you should be wary of the English interface. Apparently the gangster will use this to cheat you. More »


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ATM Gives Out Dead Mouse After Delivering Cash

5:00PM January 29, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

You know the economy is really going to bloody hell when ATMs start to pay bank customers with dead rodents, which is exactly what happen to Gholam Hafezi, the guy in this photo. He got his cash and dead Mickey here. More »


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Stealing ATM Pin Numbers Using A Thermal Camera Is Too Easy

5:15PM August 18, 2011 | Casey Chan

I can’t believe criminals haven’t jumped onto thermal cameras, because they’re apparently BOSS at stealing your ATM PIN number. Not only can they figure out the set of numbers in a pin but sometimes they can even tell the order too. Scary. More »


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I’m Not Sold On ATMs With Video Conferencing

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1:30PM August 16, 2011 | Danny Allen

Apparently at least one “major Australian financial institution” is looking to test NCR’s fancy new video conferencing Automatic Teller Machine. Aside from the usual touchscreen options, customers can be directly connected with a teller so they can ask questions about their account, and even — wait for it — organise a home loan. More »


News

Luna Park Not Smiling After Workers Rort ATM Cash

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11:20AM July 12, 2011 | Danny Allen

Last week, Sydney’s Luna Park loved technology: The harbourside attraction unveiled its ‘My Experience‘ site that lets smartphone users link wristbands and share ride experiences in real time. This week? Not so much. They’ve just fired up to 20 staff for taking advantage of an on-site ATM that was spitting out $50 notes in place of $20s. More »


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An ATM For The Semi-Literate And Illiterate Is Being Tested

2:20AM July 12, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Heading to the ATM to pick up some quick cash is just another part of life here in the West. But how do you introduce that part of the banking experience into developing nations? Why, with biometrics, of course. More »


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Would You Use A Lie Detector ATM Built By The Ex-KGB?

6:00PM June 9, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

In Soviet Russia… oh heck. This will give our Russian ATM-axeman friend more cause for grief. Designed to prevent fraud, the ATMs helps new customers sign up for a credit card, asking questions and assessing their honesty by their verbal vibrations. More »


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Woman Pulled From Monstrous Jaws Of ATM Machine

3:20AM June 3, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Getting cash out of an ATM is usually something I’d consider a non-dangerous activity. Usually! This was not the case for one Pennsylvanian woman, who had to have firefighters tear her stuck hand out of an ATM. This dangerous world… More »


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ATM Repairman Accused Of Filling Machines With Fake Cash

10:00PM May 27, 2011 | Seth Abramovitch

An ATM repairman was nabbed in Phoenix on charges of having stolen about $US200,000 in ATM funds from San Francisco-area branches of Bank of America. His method was almost brilliant in its sheer stupidity: He pocketed the cash, and replaced it in the machines with “counterfeit or photocopied $US20 bills”. More »


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The Moment A Russian Axeman Looked Into The ATM Camera

3:20AM April 20, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Apparently Russia has a slight problem with some crazy-skinhead running around town with an axe, hacking into ATMs. Evidence of his second destruction was caught on CCTV by the ATM, which sadly didn’t fare too well: More »