Spurious Withdrawl From Atm

[Richb2004v2]

I had some money taken from my Visa card on a local ATM a while ago. I withdrew 5,000baht, but when I checked my account the next day a saw another withdrawal a few minutes latter for a further 10,000baht from the same machine. I reported it to my Uk bank straight away. This happened over a month ago and there have been no more spurious withdrawals since. It seems strange that it was only a one off occurrence. I do remember that there was one guy in front of me who took an age to finish his transaction. This is probably just a coincidence as a lot of people do seem to take forever to use the machines here in Thailand. I don’t see how this can have happened, unless it was an internal mistake with the bank. I don’t know what the chances are of me getting reimbursed by the UK bank.

Has anyone had a similar experience?

PS. My card never left my pocket during the occurance.

[adjan jb]

PS. My card never left my pocket during the occurance.

So how could you withdraw 5 000 bahts ?

[VanZam]

Must be a full moon, ATMs are dying everywhere.

[bkkmick]

I think that a lot of people here in Thailand use the ATM to pay bills that's why they can take a long time.

[adjan jb]

Must be a full moon, ATMs are dying everywhere.

Where I work, an ATM disappeared overnight. One evening it was there, kicking and alive. The morning after, there was just a hole in the wall.

[VanZam]

Sorry.. wrong thread.

Edited December 13, 2006 by VanZam