Beware of Jugging
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189820)
Boise, Idaho
May 23, 2025 2:24pm CST
I am aware of the device that the bad guys can use to take our bank info from just scanning our bank cards, which is called skimming. But now they are targeting people as they leave the bank. Robbing them. It is smart not to make big deductions from your bank account at the bank. These people loiter around banks and wait for people leaving the bank after making large withdrawals.
In Texas alone, more than $500,000 was lost in 2022. It happens all over the country and is becoming a real problem.
Why would anyone need to make large withdrawals with debit cards and other ways to do it online nowadays? But it is on the rise. The predator can eavesdrop and hear that you are going to get money from the bank.
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@LindaOHio (222280)
• United States
24 May 25
I occasionally will have someone go to the bank for me if I'm out of cash. I use cash for my lottery tickets (been playing the same numbers since 1989), haircuts, etc.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
24 May 25
I have thought that the same numbers are a good idea. I can't recall the last time I had cash in my hand.
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@LindaOHio (222280)
• United States
25 May 25
@celticeagle I need a haircut badly. I just need someone to take me there.
@Ineeddentures (34061)
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23 May 25
I'm ok
I won't be making any large withdrawals any time soon
Indonkeep my wits about me when using an ATM though. It's not the safest thing to do these days. Lots of people get robbed at ATM
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@Ineeddentures (34061)
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25 May 25
@celticeagle
Someone tried to rob me at an ATM.
I was stood facing the machine taking money out and someone said in my ear " hand me the money"
So I elbowed thle guy in the head and knocked him off his feet. Then I put my motorbike boot toecap into his jaw.
Then I went home
@GardenGerty (169450)
• United States
23 May 25
When I get cash it is not a lot, but some places still require cash not cards or checks. In fact more and more places refuse checks.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
24 May 25
I only use checks to pay my rent since the site that I was able to pay it on has not been working for months now.
@RasmaSandra (97954)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 May 25
I always use my debit card for purchases and never take any cash out,
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
24 May 25
I do the same thing. I can't remember the last time I had cash.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
24 May 25
Yes, it is. There is always the first time.
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