Don,t Get Skimed

[luckylarry]

I have lived in Thailand more than 25 years never been coned, so this is my tip today if you use an ATM card only keep enough cash in your ATM account that you can afford to lose lets say 20,000 baht it won,t be nice to lose but it proberly won,t hurt to much, my friend just lost 1.2000 baht, just have 2 bank accs only 1 ATM Card it is that easy enjoy Thailand

[pmarlin]

Good advice, I do the same. have two accounts with one small one for daily ATM use. I just transfer money into it as needed.

[tfc]

I do the same too whether in Thailand or anywhere else. The last time I was in Australia there was a spate of skimming scams going around too.

[chrisinchaam]

Yes good advice I recently got skimmed and luckily only had a small daily limit, I also now have an account with Bangkok bank which has a chipped card which is meant to be safer. I am surprised your friend didn't get the money back from the bank I got mine back from SCB after about 10 days.

[Chicog]

Use your card only at ATMs inside banks where people can see them. You usually won't find skimmers installed on those.

And use Google so you know what a skimmer looks like.

You're at more risk of having your card skimmed if you let your card out of your sight in a shop or a restaurant, so my advice is always:

Cash is King!

[astral]

Better in the general section

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