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Is this still occurring?

Update from ATM owners:

Ian-

Good morning. We wanted to send you some photos of the card-readers in our machines. Although we also have internal protection from cloning, this external protection has been most beneficial recently and we are hoping this will create an overall deterrent. We have attached plexiglass card covers on each reader. If you are unfamiliar with how the skimmer works, I will explain briefly. They basically have a device that looks exactly like a card reader which they place over the top of the existing card reader (like a boot) and to the untrained eye, one would never know the difference. When a card slides through, the data is captured on a memory device and the transaction processes as normal.

What our plexiglass installation does, is create a size difference, so that the skimmer could never fit over the card reader. We created a demonstration for you in the next two photos. In the second photo attached you can see that even if tampered with, these plexiglass covers cannot be removed in a manner that would allow a skimmer to fit. And finally, in the third photo, you can see that even if a plexigass cover gets ripped all the way off, the screws remaining (whose heads have been stripped so that they cannot be unscrewed) still provide the deterrent.

We have installed these card covers on all 48 of our machines. And even still, we also have security and technical staff that visit each ATM twice per day from Mismaloya to Sayulita. We would like for everyone to be aware of what to look for and certainly, if any card reader looks damaged or scratched or tampered, it is best not to use a machine and to contact the provider.

We applaud your efforts to educate your community and hopefully together we can provide safe ATM satisfaction.

Thank you,

Jae

From a recent visitor:

Unfortunately we were running low on pesos, so I had to use an ATM. Went to the one in a little room located next to the Tequila Bar on the river... My habit now is to jiggle the area where you insert the card, and this one felt a little loose, so i pulled this skimming device right off the machine.

From the owner of a few ATMs in Sayulita:

Hello Ian,

The prosecutor in the case told me that to really get them locked up for a long time, we need proof a fraud was committed… are you willing to talk with the prosecutor, and provide the evidence of the fraud, if he will take the time to pursue it? It would be a great help to everyone else down here, and it will show these clowns that if they continue this crime, they are looking at 7-10 year prison sentences when they are caught.

Please think about it, and get back to meJ

Dean Regehr
Cashola Atm
322-183-3384

And more....

This is the one from today.

http://meridiano.nay...ublicidad/6.pdf

This is the same incident, different article from different paper.

http://www.siempreli...om/segunda.html