Valentin Boanta has a lot of free time on his hands—five years worth, to be exact. That's because Boanta is currently serving a prison sentence for, according to Reuters, "supplying gadgets to an organised crime gang used to conceal ATM skimmers." So with all that time to think about what he's done, the apparently penitent prisoner spent six months developing an ATM add-on to prevent the exact crime that put him there in the first place. Read More >>
Featured comment by odysseus:
"This really only works if every bank puts them on every machine at the same time, otherwise skimmers would just build one for themselves and attach it..." More »
If you're looking to steal money from an ATM, what do you do? Try to wheel it to your house and smash it until it opens? Continually rob people who try to take money out of the machine? Hmm, what about just blowing the freaking ATM up to smithereens with explosives. That's what these thieves did at a petrol station in Hampshire. Read More >>
Featured comment by tw@panda:
"It'd make mugging a bit more painful. "Give me your card, pin number, index finger and right eyeball, or I'll stab you"" More »
Featured comment by kiwishamoo:
"C'mon, be serious. 2 Sheep for a pig? you gotta be crazy! A goat and 2 chickens at most...I've got a family to feed here!" More »
You see that phone booth-sized tiki hut made of bamboo, stone and glass? That's a specially-made building that houses the only ATM in a village. On top of that, it's completely solar powered, naturally designed for its island and holds a whole lotta cash. Read More >>
We all know Japan is losing its technological edge to the likes of Apple and Samsung, but people still think of the country as a tech mecca. Sure, they may have invented the Walkman, and their toilets really do play music, but after living there for eight months, I was surprised to learn the UK is actually ahead of Japan in some technological areas. Here's a quick run-down of debunked Japanese tech myths, to boost your pub-trivia skills at the very least:
Featured comment by Southern:
"I was going to say something about "om nom nomihodai" and realised that given what nomihodai means, it would be a great marketing slogan for vistors :..." More »
The phone looks set to claim another victim -- the humble bank card seems on the way out, thanks to RBS, Natwest and NCR. You can now request up to £100 using just your phone and an ATM, perfect for emergency beer money. Read More >>
Featured comment by madkub:
"App is only on Android at the moment, coming to Iphone soon apparently.. But here's the real kicker, It's only available to RBS Scotland customers.. L..." More »
Want some cash in Gifu Prefecture, Japan? Come September, you'll be able to just press some flesh with one of Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank's biometric ATMs to access your accounts. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Not a good week for Abu Hamza. Not only is he going to be deported to the US, but soon he wont be able to use an ATM. :-)" More »
These cash points would be perfect if the world was filled with giant oafs and little imps but uh, it's not. That's why they're so completely horrible—normal people can't reach one cash point because it's too high while they have to go down to their knees to use the other. Read More >>
Using an automated teller machine is inherently risky. You stand there, your back turned, signaling to everyone around that you're about to have a wad of tens in your pocket. If you're lucky, there's a security guard on duty. But usually it's just you and whoever is lurking in that little convex mirror. Read More >>
You know the economy is really going to bloody hell when ATMs start to pay bank customers with dead rodents, which is exactly what happen to Gholam Hafezi, the guy in this photo. He got his cash and the dead Mickey on the left. Read More >>
What looks like the card slot from an American bank ATM is actually a sophisticated card skimmer removed from a branch of Chase Bank in West Hills, California. And police believe a 3D printer may have been used to create it. Read More >>
What if you were trying to get money out of the ATM machine, and instead you got a snake? That's what happened to this poor bastard at a Caja Madrid bank on his way to work. But he reached past the slithering creature and grabbed his money anyway. Brave! Read More >>
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