Rightfully paranoid man discovers ATM scam in Vienna

And this was just one of the simpler methods.
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Jonathan Keshishoglou
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Rightfully paranoid man discovers ATM scam in Vienna
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It pays to be just a little paranoid. It helped one guy in Vienna avoid having his ATM card info stolen.

YouTube user Ben Tedesco, who claims to work in cybersecurity, spotted an ATM skimming device while in Vienna, Austria. Starting by spotting just a little glue on the edges of the card reader, he makes a disturbing discovery — that the "reader" actually comes right off. The card would have gone through two readers otherwise.

In the video description, he's since claimed that he notified the police, which is probably the best course of action here.

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Jonathan Keshishoglou (he often shortens that last part to just "Kesh") was an editorial intern on the Mashable Watercooler team. Watch him ramble coherently on Twitter: @keshception


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