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Russian card skimmer arrested at Hua Mark

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BANGKOK: -- Hua Mark police have arrested a Russian card skimmer as he returned to pick up his skimming device fixed to a Kasikorn bank's ATM machine in front of the 7-Eleven convenience store on Ramkhamhaeng Soi 58/3 road Monday evening.

His name was withheld as the police ate still hunting for his accomplices who are still at large.

The arrest came after a customer spotted a new skimming device being fixed to the ATM machine at Soi Ramkhamhaeng 58/3 while he was trying to withdraw cash from the machine, but could not make through.

He then removed the device out and alerted the Hua Mark police and the bank.

It was later found be the first of its kind ever found. The gang also installed a miniature camera at the ATM to record the code numbers of customers’ ATM cards.

Footage from a surveillance camera at the ATM in question has shown that the skimmers are foreigners and police were alerted to look for them.

The Kasikorn bank said that the skimming device was found out before damages were done to its customers. The bank also thanked a customer, a Mr Viriya Lokavinart, who alerted the bank of the suspicious things at the ATM.

A plot to arrest the skimming gang was then arranged by Hua Mark on belief that the gang would return to pick the device.

Plainclothes police were deployed near the Soi since 10.00 p.m. Sunday until the Russian riding in a motorcycle parked near the soi at about 4 p.m. Monday.

As he walked up to the ATM and removed the day device out, plainclothes police charged at him and apprehended him red-handed.

Hua Mark police said the Russian gang might have stolen money from the bank for several times. They are hunting for his accomplices who are still at large.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/russian-card-skimmer-arrested-hua-mark/

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-- Thai PBS 2014-09-23

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Why can't banks make clean streamlined ATM's.

because you thought of it they dont need a farangs advice thank you very much...and its to much like hard work for someone to check the atm everyday or hour would take but 2 minutes oh well.....coffee1.gif

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you can fool some people some time, you cannot fool all the people all the time.

But you can get unlimited out/in border trips ALL of the time if your Russian.

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here is the solution for all banks but it's

will cost them some money, but those money can they get back when the bank

not have to repay customers. they have to make a ATM machine mostly flat so it's impossible to make the instalation of the card skimmer and cameras

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Hmmmmmm. A RUSSIAN card skimming piece of scum arrested!!! And Thailand want allow these people to virtually live full time here. What a twisted country this is

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By the way the man who informed the bank and the police has to look over his backshoulder now, thanks to brilliant news posting. Wow!!

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Yeah, they named the customer who reported it but withheld the name of the suspect!

Glad we got in a "farang bad" story today to balance out the news coming from Koh Tao. Nice little break from the TCT stories.

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