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Re: ATM fraud

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From: Carl Ellison
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:13
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In article <JIM.92Sep9125700@hunter.cs.strath.ac.uk> jim@cs.strath.ac.uk (Jim Reid) writes:
>Indeed. The UK banks do tell customers to keep PIN numbers secret, but
>they don't properly explain why this is necessary.

Even if they did, there's no way to write the necessary warning.

"Keep the PIN secret" can not mean "refuse to enter it on any keypad,
no matter how official looking".
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From: cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison)
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Subject: Re: ATM fraud
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Date: 10 Sep 92 16:13:45 GMT
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