webfact Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 'Forking' scam hits ATMsSteve ButcherMELBOURNE: -- The "nightmare" scenario ATM customers most fear – having money "skimmed" from their accounts by card-reading devices – has intensified with new "forking" attacks unleashed across Victoria.Called "cash trapping", offenders insert an implement similar to a fork to an ATM during a small withdrawal transaction that jams the cash dispenser.Melbourne's County Court heard that the fork then "entraps" the money from a second transaction, usually the daily limit, after the ATM software records a dispensing error on the first one.The "forking" scam was recently revealed to a judge who heard that four men had conspired to defraud a total of $184,920 from 248 mostly suburban Melbourne ATMs between December, 2012, and March, 2013, using "card skimming" and "forking" techniques. Prosecutor Peter Pickering told Judge Liz Gaynor that police began Operation Whitebait after learning that illegal transactions were being committed on ATMs in Europe by Romanian nationals.Mr Pickering said the response of investigators – from the Victoria Police fraud and extortion squad – followed allegations that similar transactions in Melbourne were targeting local banks and branches.Full story: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/forking-scam-hits-atms-20140413-36lny.html-- THE AGE 2014-04-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryp Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 forking h-ell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showbags Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) Forking amazing. Not sure how the fork this works though. If the fork blocks the cash...how do they get their forkin money out....or is it cos the next customer walks away muttering....'fork me' Edited April 14, 2014 by Showbags 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 well I guess if you put a fork in then you take it out with a knife...........salt and pepper to taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caughtintheact Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 There's a better article with images at http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/11/beware-card-and-cash-trapping-at-the-atm/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 for fork sake .... ya money's not even safe in a forking ATM anymore .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
americaninbangkok Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 There's a better article with images at http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/11/beware-card-and-cash-trapping-at-the-atm/ Better reporting than Thai Visa?! Impossible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxYakov Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 for fork sake .... ya money's not even safe in a forking ATM anymore .... Ahem, I that would it would not be safe in a "forked" ATM ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWideOpen Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Guess with all the scammers in Thailand, we can look forward to the arrival of forking here..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsxrnz Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) I see fork, forked, and forking aren't being forking well deleted. Edited April 14, 2014 by Gsxrnz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieruss Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Give it to your forken. RELOS to take care safe as a bank Sent from my GT-I9100T using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whaleboneman Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 We're safe in Thailand - no forks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copa8 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 We're safe in Thailand - no forks. maybe have to worry about spooning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showbags Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 chop stickin latest rage in thailand.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Can I use a kitchen fork? Send more instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 A post with disguised profanity has been removed. Please stay on topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackJack Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 use the fork young Luke Skywalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtongdingdong Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 You call that a fork !! This is a fork .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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