I met a charismatic gent on FOX and connections named Sean Seibel. Sean has a unique job title at Microsoft: user Experience Evangelist. Sean's job is to be on summit of what's further and what's next-door in technology, in the adjacent 5-7 years. He's a futurist. He and I spoke in the green room of the accomplish past we appeared together on a segment around ATM skimming. ATM skimming often results in forms of identity theft, relation card fraud or bank fraud. To be a addict Experience Evangelist requires a definite vision, keenness and the carrying out to go over what's current or obvious. Sean proved his capability to see "more" by trumping a gang of identity thieves who set out to steal millions from ATMs but "only" got away taking into account $500,000. Sean stopped at an ATM to get some cash to pay his barber. subsequent to he inserted his ATM card in the machine, he noticed a bit of resistance. Most people wouldn't think twice virtually this. But Sean doesn't think considering most people. subsequently the screen said the robot was unable to get into his card in view of that he tried again. The second time, the robot gave him an mistake message. before he tried again, he thought roughly a bank account he had heard just about devices that fraudsters augment to the external of card readers upon ATM machines and wondered if that was the source of his problem.



He says, "I'm looking at the business and thinking, this can't be. No way. There are every these stories and myths roughly it, but I actually found one in the wild." Sean was slant to aim behind an ATM skimmer, one that he had just swiped his card through. His heart started pounding. Adrenalin was hurrying through his body. He was concerned, not just that he might be scammed, but that criminals might be totally close by, most likely even at the back him or watching him. However, that did not deter him. Sean says, "I tried to pull on the green plastic surrounding the card slot and found that it peeled right off." This plastic ATM skimmer had an SD card built into it to deposit every the stolen data. Sean went into the bank and notified the branch manager, who had never seen an ATM skimmer and didn't know what to do. She took the skimmer and thanked Sean. subsequently Sean remembered, from numerous reports approximately ATM skimming, that there are usually 2 parts to the ATM skimmer. One is the skimming device itself, the second is a micro-camera placed somewhere upon the machine, where it chronicles the user's PIN. The camera is often installed in a untrue brochure holder that taped to the ATM Skimmer



In this case, it was behind a little mirror that alerts the ATM user to beware of "shoulder surfers." Sean went assist to the still committed ATM, where people were waiting in descent for their cash, and noticed a tiny video camera in back an extra mirror attached to the machine, positioned right higher than the key pad where it could sticker album user's PINs. Not creature a bank employee and not wanting to alarm any of the people iwaiting, he actually got in line, waited his viewpoint (knowing that the skimmer was bearing in mind and nobody was in danger) and pulled the camera off the ATM. He brought the camera to the bank manager, who replied by saying, "Maybe we should shut that robot down, huh?" Sean said, "I think that's a good idea." The bank governor contacted bank security, shut beside the robot and alerted additional place banks. The identity thieves netted $500,000 from their scam, rather than the millions they might have stolen had Sean Seibel not foiled their operation.