Do you use the 'tap' function on your debit card at ATMs? There's now a new kind of scam -- here's how to avoid it:
ATMs provide great convenience -- but they're also longtime targets of thieves. Some use skimmers to steal your account number, or stand nearby to rob customers. Now ther a new kind of ATM fraud -- and a warning to watch out if you use the "tap" function on your debit card.
Pamela Bongiorno shows 7 On Your Side how she got scammed at this ATM. "So I was using the ATM machine on the right hand side," she said. "My partner was here, the guy next to him was here. I inserted my card, it didn't work.""'Oh, if you have a chip in your card, you could tap it,'" Bongiorno said.So Bongiorno tapped her card. This time it worked. She got her cash, thanked the man and walked off.
So, Bell tapped his card, took his cash and walked off. Later he found two accounts had been drained -- $560 gone.Woman loses everything to fake check scam -- here's how con artists use law to steal your money"Wait a second, I definitely did not withdraw that much money," he said. "I think someone walked up to the ATM right after I used it...
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