ATM Thieves Use Breasts to Distract Their Victim

The U.K. Telegraph reported that two women were captured on CCTV in Paris using their breasts to distract an ATM customer--so they could steal 300 euros from his account.

The two women, both in their 20s, could not be identified. A French police official told the Telegraph: “We would advise anyone withdrawing cash from a machine to focus on what they are doing and not allow themselves to be distracted, however attractive the view."

'Finger Vein' Scanners Hit ATMs

Leave your ATM card at home, and nevermind those "skimming" scams. Hitachi's "finger vein" technology has finally hit the Western world.

Used in Japan for years, the scanners detect the tiny veins in a person's fingertip, creating a unique identifier for each individual. The Montreal Gazette reports that a Hitachi scanner has been installed on an ATM in Poland, but the bank plans to expand to other locations soon. This is the first fingerprint-scanning ATM in Europe, a milestone that, as far as I know, has not been reached in the U.S.