A new card robbing scheme has been caught on camera recently and there are reports that is being used all over Mexico.
This is the way the scheme works:
- A person gets close to you while you are using the ATM so he/she can visualize your PIN number while you type it in and leaves.
- A second person drops money on the floor near the victim and starts picking it up.
- While the victim gets down to help the other person to pick up the money or just gets distracted on what’s going on, a third person removes the card from the ATM hides it and walks away.
In some of the videos, the victims actually walk to the perpetrators and confront them but when they categorically deny it, the victims just walk over to the ATM again to check if they just didn’t leave the card there.
Of course the maximum permitted cash is withdrawn from the ATM within minutes of the card theft.
Victims have been, on the majority, women. Be careful out there, check your surroundings when typing your PIN code and don’t get distracted and leave your card unattended at any moment!
This are some of the videos, they don’t need translation this time, as these images talk for themselves:
