A thief stealing from unsuspecting ATM users is not new. However, it no longer means they hang out until the money is withdrawn and then rob the customers. The current trend is ATM Skimming. A crime ring in New York compromised over 26,000 transactions of 1,400 issuers in this manner. Losses were in the range of $3.5 million. Recently Wichita, Kansas’ police found seven card skimmers at various financial institutions in the city.
This blog goes out to all the hard working students out there! The ones who dream of a brighter future, and who can’t depend on mommy and daddy’s checkbook to get them there.
A long time ago, in a decade far, far way… there were the 1990’s. It was a simpler time when phones had chords. We played Oregon Trail, and there was not yet “an app for that.”
So you’re ready to make the leap into home ownership... Wow! Congratulations! This is a huge step in your life, and it’s one that deserves to be celebrated.
Love and money. Individually, they can be complicated enough. But, when you bring the two together, things can get pretty explosive – in a bad way!