Hampshire Police warn over cash point tampering
People are being urged to keep an eye out for incidents of cash-point tampering
Last updated 12th Feb 2024
People in Surrey and East Hampshire are being urged to keep an eye out for cash-point tampering.
This follows an incident in Alton which cost local people who used the machine thousands.
A TSB cash point in the area was tampered with repeatedly last year - which meant locals who entered their pin details to the machine never received their money.
The dates of reported incidents are as followed:
Tuesday 21st February 2023
Saturday 25th March 2023
Sunday 4th June 2023
Wednesday 14th June 2023
Sunday 2nd July 2023
Sunday 3rd September 2023
Sunday 1st October 2023
Sunday 15th October 2023
Hampshire Police say if you used this cashpoint on the following dates and money was withdrawn from your account without the cash being dispensed, you should report this to your bank.
How much has this cost people?
Habib Rahman- District commander for Hampshire Police - says:
"The most amount taken was 10 pounds, the highest amount withdrawn was 280 pounds.
"In total, this ended up in the thousands so a lot of money was taken."
How do you spot a tampered cash point?
Habib Rahman - says:
"Look at the cash dispensing unit, look at the card slot - they should be really defined.
"Fraudsters add this additional slot and add it so quickly, they can't make it look like the legitimate article.
"If you see anyone acting suspicious and come across an ATM which looks like its been tampered with - that's got some rough edges to the dispensing slot then by all means give us a call and we'll come and see what's going on."
Police are appealing for information:
Hampshire Police said in a statement: "If you recognise the man in these images, or have information that could help us with our investigation, please call 101 quoting reference 44230425468 or go online to report via How to tell us about an existing case or report | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary.
"Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111, or visit their website, below."
You can read more about the police appeal here.