Video obtained by the Post shows a man giving a step-by-step “how-to” for hacking Santander Bank ATMs – a scam that has been hit and run in the region in recent days led to a police pursuit on Staten Island yesterday, police sources said.
“This is the beginning, you put your pin in and everything,” an unidentified man making the video, before pressing back.
‘You’re going to check,’ he continues. “You click on $ 200. After clicking on $ 200, you go back. Click on other, customize customize. You click on ‘choose your own mix’. Press the $ 20 option once. Once you see 11, you know you’ve lit up. ”
The video actually never shows the man getting $ 220 out of the machine, but the sounds of the ATM billing the bill can be heard.
The scam is aimed at a bug in Santander’s ATM, where people use prepaid debit cards and withdraw more money than what is on the card, sources said.
The multi-state scam was first revealed on Tuesday when cops swung a bank in Staten Island in search of two scammers, according to video of the incident and police sources.
Videos posted online show a large police presence on the bench at Great Kills Park. Police sources said cops had one man in custody Tuesday and were searching for a second.
A high-profile police source said cops simply drifted by when they saw two groups fighting at the bank. Both groups were apparently there to clear up the scam when they got into a dispute, the source said.
In Connecticut, police warned South Windsor residents of the scam, telling people to “use caution when withdrawing money.” There have also been arrests in connection with the scam in New Jersey.
“We have been made aware of an ATM scam in which suspects use Santander Bank ATMs to fraudulently withdraw money with fake debit cards. Since we have an establishment in the city (1765 Ellington Rd), ” the tweet says.
Santander told NJ.com that it “cooperated with law enforcement because they were actively investigating this situation.” The bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the video.
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