http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/thousands-hit-by-atm-scams/story-e6frfku0-1225868599004
Thousands hit by ATM scamsPOLICE warn bank customers to check accounts as a spate of ATM skimming scams is uncovered across Melbourne.
Thousands may have been ripped off by the latest skim scam discovered after a customer noticed a modified ATM in South Yarra, as confirmation came of several other scams in recent days across Melbourne.
The South Yarra skimming device featured a pinhole camera attached to a plate above the keypad and a fake card reader attached to the card slot.
A member of the public found the device attached to a Commonwealth Bank ATM in the Jam Factory in Chapel St last week.
Police are unsure if the device was operating when it was discovered, or how long the device had been attached.
Stonnington detectives have urged the public to check their bank accounts if they have used an ATM in the area.
Authorities today prepared to scan days of CCTV footage to discover who may have installed the device, and when it had been placed.
The find comes amid the discovery of other skimming scams in recent weeks in Croydon, Deer Park, Frankston and Epping.
Watergardens Commonwealth Bank customer Robert told Radio 3AW this morning there was “a queue a mile long” at the branch to change PINs after he received the text message alerting him that his ATM card had been “compromised”.
Commonwealth Bank spokesman Steve Batten said the bank was so far aware of at least two instances in which customers had been defrauded through the skimming device at an ATM machine in the Watergardens shopping centre this week.
“We’re pulling together a list of account holders that have potentially used the machine,” Mr Batten said.
He said the bank would work with other financial institutions to alert them when their account holders had used the Watergardens ATM.
