Falling technology cost and increasing technical sophistication of fraudsters have led to a boom in the criminal use of hidden cameras and card "skimming" devices being secreted on ATMs (cash machines) allowing fraudsters to obtain the electronic details and matching numbers of cash cards.
Now, two design engineers at the
Any attempt to attach a non transparent device such as a camera or skimmer on top of the shield then becomes impossible without being obvious to ATM users. It is also impossible to place a second fake shield on top of the first. That is because the shield is positioned at a distance from the ATM card slot that is just before the limit that the slot will accept and draw in the card.
The
They would now like to produce a full scale model of the shield made exactly to the measurements of most ATMs for further testing.
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