Areas around the south of England have apparently been targeted as part of a wide-reaching cash machine scam. Residents of in the Amesbury, Salisbury and Andover areas have already fallen victim to the scams, which have seen shoppers who have made withdrawals from tampered machines defrauded out amounts up to £1,000.

Apparently, several customers have reported mysterious transactions being made on their cards, at Tesco branches in Slough, Hammersmith and Fareham.

Barclays have advised customers to always make sure that no-one else is looking at the keypad when you’re entering your PIN number, and not to use any cash machine that looks like it has been tampered with in any way. As a preventative measure, customers should also consider making cash withdrawals over the counter where possible, and asking for cashback at checkouts instead of using machines.

As getting money back from fraud claims can take up to 3 weeks, and the mad shopping run up to Christmas approaches, we warn all customers to be vigilant with their PIN numbers, and to cover the keypad with your other hand whilst entering the number.

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