Safety tips to avoid Debit or ATM Card fraud
Safety tips to avoid Debit or ATM Card fraud
• When you type your PIN number at an ATM, make sure that you sufficiently obscure the keypad from being viewed by an onlooker.
• NEVER let the shopkeeper take your debit card out of your sight. There is no need for him/her to do so, unless he/she intends to do something unlawful.
• Secure your debit card physically by storing it at a safe place.
• NEVER write your PIN number at a place where it can be seen by someone who you do not intend to show it to.
• ALWAYS destroy the receipts from merchants that you no longer require, especially when you have paid for using your debit card.
• If you do not receive your debit card or PIN number from the bank within a reasonable amount of time after requesting one, check with the bank when it was sent and when you should expect to receive it. It may have been picked up by someone else in transit.
• When at an ATM, make sure that no external devices are attached to the ATM machine and no wires are hanging around.
• Check your account statements carefully for transactions that you may not have made.
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