Economy

How To Avoid Getting Ripped Off At The ATM

By Jess Jiang

Published October 8, 2012 at 7:00 AM PDT

This story was published more than 12 years ago.

I was at the ATM last week, when I saw a technician checking on the machines. He told me he checks all the machines from 6pm to 9pm everyday, looking for anything suspicious.

So I had to ask him: What are some things I should check before dipping my debit card? He showed me exactly what to look out for:

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Jess Jiang

Jess Jiang is a Senior Supervising Editor for Planet Money. Previously, Jiang was a producer for NPR's podcast Rough Translation, where she helped tell deeply personal stories like the delicate friendship between a Chinese mom and the American surrogate she hires to carry her child, a civilian who marries a veteran and learns more about war than she ever imagined and a mom whose child is sure he belongs in a different culture.

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