Be sure and check your bank balance daily upon return!!

Sorry to have to come back to this thread, but my debit card was definitely skimmed at a Negril ATM on Friday. On Saturday night and early Sunday morning withdrawals were made in Ironshore, Jamaica. They must have very sophisticated equipment because multiple withdrawals were taken from both the same and different ATMs in less than 3 minutes.

Examine the card slots before using...

Lola,

Which ATM?

Cap

lola, what should we look for when examining the card slot?

Lola,

Is your debit card issued in JA or Internationally? (USA?)

Please let us know.

Rob

was told the same thing about 2 years ago

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Originally Posted by Ras Walleye

Canada, I called and asked about setting up a account and they said as a citizen of the US I was not eligible. But that was 5 or 6 years ago, maybe it's changed.

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Lola,

Is your debit card issued in JA or Internationally? (USA?)

Please let us know.

Rob

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Earlier in the thread she says a Schwab card

Cap

Rob, its Schwab from the US. Interestingly, all the fraudulent withdrawals were taken at Bank of Nova Scotia - which (at least in Negril) charges a fee, which adds to the transaction time. They must have a way to override the machines to withdraw so quickly.

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Originally Posted by Lola

Rob, its Schwab from the US. Interestingly, all the fraudulent withdrawals were taken at Bank of Nova Scotia - which (at least in Negril) charges a fee, which adds to the transaction time. They must have a way to override the machines to withdraw so quickly.

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Lola,

Which ATM did you use?

Thanks

Cap

Captain, I've decided not to post that publicly. One reason, I don't want people to think other ATM's are okay.

Here are a couple links on ATM skimming & cameras:

http://security.stackexchange.com/qu...ther-atm-traps (the atm I used had an ANTI-skimming slot as shown in 2nd photo)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/p...dodgy-ATM.html

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/savi...thieves-1.aspx

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Originally Posted by Lola

Captain, I've decided not to post that publicly. One reason, I don't want people to think other ATM's are okay.

Here are a couple links on ATM skimming & cameras:

http://security.stackexchange.com/qu...ther-atm-traps (the atm I used had an ANTI-skimming slot as shown in 2nd photo)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/p...dodgy-ATM.html

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/savi...thieves-1.aspx

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It would be very beneficial to people to know the location. They can use links to get useful information and make their own decisions. Its been almost 4 years since I was in Negril. Isn't there a "real" bank in the downtown area? Couldn't one go inside the bank and use their service inside? If that's possible, I seriously doubt one would encounter issues inside the bank. I will talk to my bank before I leave in Feb and get there take on how to attempt a little better security on our end.