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Old 04-01-2005   #16 (permalink)
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Looks like ATM-fraud is becoming a problem everywhere not only here... so guys let's all be careful and if we see something suspicious get our cards out of the ATM's without entering the PINs! Best thing we can do...

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Old 04-01-2005   #17 (permalink)
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Here is an interesting article about ATM scams

http://www.utexas.edu/admin/utpd/atm.html
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Use travelers checks.. they are safer and you can re-deposit any you have left over.
The better exchange rate is not worth the trouble of getting ripped off..you would have to withdraw alot to make it worth it. Sometimes high-tech is not a good thing.
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Use travelers checks.. they are safer and you can re-deposit any you have left over.
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Problem is, fewer and fewer places abroad are accepting them. Our local bank has even stopped offering them.
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Problem is, fewer and fewer places abroad are accepting them. Our local bank has even stopped offering them.
We get them free through our AAA membership.
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Problem is, fewer and fewer places abroad are accepting them. Our local bank has even stopped offering them.
My bank doesn't sell them any more over the counter that's why I didn't bring any to Mexico. They will send them by mail and as I have to be at home when they arrive, it's a problem for me as I am at work all day.

But luckily in all the years I have used the ATM-card all over the world (I started doing it in 1999 in Seattle and New York) I have never had any problems.
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Old 04-02-2005   #22 (permalink)
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Always use the atm's accross from the bus station any horror storys about those? I will sure more discreet about entering my pin. But you are right Andiline it happens everywhere.
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Isn't there someplace, in the airport maybe, that will exchange travelers checks at a decent rate??????
Yes right next to the airport bar that has 10 Peso beer.
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Ok,Ok so I'm a day late. I worked all night so I'm counting this as April 1st. Plus it was too easy.
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ATM Fraud

So sorry to hear about this? Is no place safe?

I usually get pesos for Travelers checks or DOllars at the Hotel. I know the rate isn't as good, but in all my trips to Mexico I have never spent more than $100 worth of pesos. In fact, got $60 worth of pesos two weeks ago and came home with money.

Maybe its safer to take CASH and go INTO the bank. WIll they give you pesos that way? Rate not as good but safer...
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Jeevers, a question for you.

HOw did they get so much out of your girlfriends account? I thought there were limits on such things.

(This is worse than the story I heard many years ago - in the U.S.)when photos on ATM cards were first available. A person had his/her wallet stolen, and the thief used a PICTURE ATM card to get a cash advance AT A BANK. Bad enough, until you find out that the person was of a different ethnicity and still managed to get a cash advance....)

If you MUST use ATM card to get cash (NEVER USE IT FOR PURCHASES), maybe you could open a small second account at a bank and have a TRAVEL ATM card.........you could have a limited amount in that account.....Still bad if you lost the money.......but..............
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I just withdrew 5,000 pesos from the ATM in question. I've been celebrating an anniversary, so not much work out of me right now. I haven't made it to see the manager yet, but there was nothing funny looking about the machines at the moment.
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i too have always used banamex atleast for 2 years....i have a 300$ limit also have to inquire if its per day or transaction....hope you find out some info james....and your right never a swipe
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This doesn't shock me at all. I went to that Banamex during the evening the same week. Nobody around, nobody guarding the "portable" machines, users not covering the keypads as they entered their PINs. On Easter the Banamex was out of money. Used ScotiaBank that day, but noticed some young "tourists" hanging outside, one using a mirror to watch what was going on, we let them know we saw them.

This is a tourist area, and marks are easy. Simple as that.
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Right on about being a Mark Mike. James, or anyone else, what info do you about ATMs at the airport???
 
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