HEADS UP - IF YOU USE ATMs READ THIS

Does anyone know if this has been isolated to free-standing ATM's or has also included some of those located at the banks?

According to the author of the article he did not find any Bluetooth skimmers in on-premises bank ATM's or ones embedded in walls. Only in free-standing machines.

The chance to make 100 times ones wages - or more - must be just as tempting to technicians servicing ATMs located inside bank branches. How would local bank staff know if their usual ATM service technician (undoubtedly employed by an outside contractor) was installing one of these devices during a routine service? Clearly, bank staff wouldn't have a clue - until customers started reporting missing funds.

One of the commentators to the linked article, I think in the Playa del Carmen area, said that they, and everyone they knew, had had their ATM accounts hacked. We don't have, or want a smartphone, and I'll be damned if I'll purchase one just to check if my favourite ATM has been hacked.

The subject of this thread: "IF YOU USE ATMs READ THIS" covers just about everyone who reads this Board. It's been so long since I purchased traveller's cheques that I forget how they work. Wikipedia doesn't sound too enthusiastic:

"Their use has been in decline since the 1990s as alternatives, such as credit cards, debit cards, and automated teller machines became more widely available and were easier and more convenient for travelers. Travelers cheques are no longer widely accepted and cannot easily be cashed, even at the banks that issue the cheques. Other factors that have led to a decline in traveler's cheques include the fees charged by the issuer and agent as well as the less favourable foreign exchange rate commonly used on traveler's cheques, especially compared to those on credit card transactions."

Maybe we should just purchase a great wad of pesos from our local Canadian bank, and hope we don't get robbed on the 5000 km drive down.