Skimming spree: Thieves hack ATM in CP Building

Just when you thought it was safe to enter your PIN again, the rampage of ATM skimmers continues.

Several victims found out yesterday that money vanished from their bank accounts after withdrawing cash from a Thai Military Bank ATM located in CP Tower 3 in the Phaya Thai district. They reported their losses to police there.

Tawee Rattananukulpong, a victim who works in the building, revealed that many of his colleagues got their money stolen after cashing at the ATM, including himself, whose entire balance of THB45,800 was stolen Monday.

However, Tawee was not the first to come to the police. Anuphol Phuwapoonpol, management president of Far East DDB, said he lost an even larger sum the same day – THB800,000. Anuphol said he last used the ATM in the building on Nov. 1, and the record shows the hacker stole THB20,000 at a time. He added most victims are staff of his company because they were required to have a TMB account.

Paya Thai authorities say eight victims had their cases recorded yesterday, and the police will work with TMB to locate the hackers, Khaosod reported.

Also, last week the skimmers siphoned money from All Seasons Place and Rolex Building.



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  1. Could banks set up an alert system (opt-in) where you got an sms after you draw money from an ATM (amount and location) with an emergency line to call if you didn't, the ATM machine could be then immediately checked and/or taken offline.

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