This week news associated with robbing ATMs on so-called "glue traps" spread. Warsaw officers caught the citizen of Romania red-handed who tried to take off the cover to which banknotes withdrawn by customers stuck. 

Cash is a dominating manner of payment by Poles, although the number of non-cash operations is increasing constantly. In times of payment by ATM cards so-called skimming is becoming more and more popular. It  consists in copying the content of the magnetic stripe from our card, in order to make the duplicate. This type of crime is also commonly used in ATMs, both by scanning the magnetic stripe of our card or getting the PIN code with the additional cam installed at the top of the ATM. 

Keep an eye on elements standing out of the flat surfaces of the ATM e.g. cover of the keyboard of the ATM or also above mentioned scanner of the magnetic stripe of the card and not-constituting elements of its integral part like microcamera. 

Choose ATMs in monitored places. 

Remember to cover with the other hand or a wallet while entering the PIN code. After withdrawing  the cash from the ATM check the balance of the account. 

While paying by the card in the shop and giving the PIN code do not lose the card from our eyesight, if we give the card to the sales assistant. 

Source: Polish Polce Headquarters