ATM safety

[cesc]

Going at night alone is a no no...you definitely shouldn't go by yourself at night...and also never count cash...it can be snatched from you quite easily...

[Calypso]

I've actually spoken up and told people to back off if I thought they were standing too close to me when I needed to enter my PIN to complete a transaction. I wasn't rude about it, just said, "Excuse me, but could you step back a little?" You an also use your body to block another person's view of the keypad.

[SageMother]

Originally Posted by juol

I think there are countries and different state right now who has an ATM on their respective police stations. I think this is a great way to make ATMs more secured, especially at night.

Well, since the last place I want to go is a police station, having ATM's in them, and not providing them in other places, would definitely cut back on my spending in real life stores instead of shopping online!

[tater03]

Malls to be are the worst ones. It never fails that someone seems to walk up behind me when I am getting money and in the malls they always seem to be right out in the open.

[cassiem0221]

I have just decided that unless it is an emergency, I will just use our debit card in the store. I don't want to risk having issues with a machine.

[blakec]

Here's a tip for you all in case you haven't really looked into it. There's a lot of sites on the net which actually aid people in using different devices in order to catch people at the ATM doing their thing then ripping them off.

I've scoured some of the sites and have come to see some of the popular ways people are using different types of equipment. So when it comes down to it, I generally try and use a specific type of gas station, or location that I will withdrawl my money.

One of the main reasons people get ripped off is because they don't know the area that well.