Starting on October 1st many people traveling and living in Bali, suddenly found they could no longer withdraw cash from ATMs in Bali using their ATM card. With no news or announcements from the banks, various theories started to spread around the internet about what was or still is, causing the problem. Some of the […]
It seems like there has been another recent spate of ATM card skimming in Bali. I say another, as sometime ago there were gangs operating in Bali, that installed skimming equipment on ATMs, mostly using tiny cameras to record your pin number. The banks were fairly quick to act, installing guards around the keypad, making […]
People having their bank accounts hijacked from ATMs is not new, but there seems to be frequent reports of it happening in Bali and other parts of Indonesia. This post from the Bali Pod forum got my attention, even though it was from 2005. Most western banks have returned the money to customer’s accounts, but […]
