ATM Tamperer Photographs Himself.

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STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. - A thief installed a camera on an ATM, but instead of card numbers, he ended up capturing an image of himself.
"He's not a stupid individual to put on this type of scam, but his blunder by keeping the camera on will help us locate him and arrest him," Sterling Heights police Lt. Michael Reese told the Detroit Free Press for a story Tuesday.
A bank customer found the device and reported it to authorities, police said. As a result, none of the suburban Detroit bank's customers who used the machine have reported any losses, officials said.
The man is white, between the ages of 47 and 55 with white and gray hair and was seen wearing wire-rimmed glasses and a baseball cap, The Detroit News reported.

Source (http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/21/ap4041236.html)

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich ....neato thats by my place

This is a scam that happens on the east coast more than other spots... people will put fake card readers & sometimes cover the screen w/ an LCD. They'll let you scan your card then spit out an out of order message after you enter your PIN. Then they come back and take the device off which has recorded your magnetic stripe and PIN. Go home, make some fake cards and drain your funds.

Example: http://www.snopes.com/fraud/atm/atmcamera.asp

Slashdot article about another incident: http://slashdot.org/it/04/02/24/0034234.shtml

FauxReal, thanks for your additional comments. I did not know about the scams that can accompany ATM's across the nation. I will be careful.