ATM Fraud.

The following is from an email I received this morning - the particular ATM is one provided by the Bank of Ireland who do not have any sort of fraud warning on their website:

If you have recently used the cash machine opposite the cinema on the Dublin Road please check your bank account now. My account has been emptied and attempts have been made to access money on a colleagues account, we both withdrew money from this cash machine on Thursday night. Please pass on to your friends in work here and in Stockman House and anyone you know who works in this area.

I get the feeling that this is an old warning that someone has decided to re-distribute but there is no harm in taking heed of the warning and being extra vigilant when using any ATM. Although this email is specific to Belfast, N. Ireland I am sure ATM users elsewhere will also be extra careful.
The following is an old news item:-

BBC News Online 24 Dec 05 17:18

Police investigating suspected fraud at cash machines in Belfast have arrested three men.
It follows a PSNI warning that card skimming devices were being put on cash machines in several parts of the city.
They have been used recently on ATMs in Stranmillis and the Dublin Road in south Belfast, according to the PSNI.
When cards have been cloned at ATMs, camouflaged portable card readers are then fitted to the front of the machine.

Apparently this was mentioned on the news last night but I can find no reference to it on the BBC web site.
Bank of Ireland gives general security information here: Nationwide have news and alerts here: