Cash trapping

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Cash trapping ( dt. Money trap ) is a variant of theft . The cash dispensing chute of ATMs is prepared so that the withdrawn money remains in the dispensing chute . The bank customer does not notice anything, but assumes that the machine is defective. The ATM switches off after reporting a defect. After the customer has gone, the perpetrator pulls the money out of the shaft.

Technical manipulation

A carpet strip cut to the width of the slot is attached to the ATM's output slot . A double-sided adhesive tape is stuck to the bottom. The attachment is done in such a way that the banknotes stick to the adhesive tape.

Legal evaluation

The perpetrator commits a theft because he illegally appropriates someone else's property. The question of liability is currently controversial as the bank can take the position that the money has been paid out.

Modus operandi

The perpetrators usually work in twos or threes. When interfering with the machine and when collecting the money, hoods or the like are worn in order not to be able to be identified by the recordings of the cameras used on machines. An accomplice watches out near the crime scene; he is in contact with the other perpetrators via means of communication. After the act, the carpet strip is removed again; often only glue residues remain.

Differentiation from skimming

With skimming , card data is obtained illegally, especially at ATMs, by reading data from magnetic strips and copying them onto counterfeit cards. Skimming is punished as fraud .

Web links

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