An Easier Way to Rob an ATM

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Hamilton Nolan

07/19/10 08:14AM

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We've all dreamed of smashing an ATM to get at the sweet, sweet money inside. But it always seemed like such a hassle. Dragging it behind a car? Messy crowbars? No more! Now you can rob ATMs the easy way.

In the WSJ today, Sean Gardiner reveals just how god damn hard it is to get into an ATM's honey pot: traditional methods by NYC thieves include crowbar assault, blowtorches, and having the bastard machines "yanked from their metal stands by a chain, sometimes attached to an older-model Cadillac with fancy spoked wheels." But recently, thieves have smartened up:

In the five more recent incidents between April 7 and May 19, the suspects used a master key that opens a steel door that covers the lower portion of the ATMs below the keypad, screen and cash dispenser

And once you get hold of the master key you just have to somehow drill through the other combination lock inside the machine! Maybe the dragging-by-Cadillac method is easier after all.

[WSJ. Pic: Flickr]

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keverdene Hamilton Nolan 07/19/10 09:02AM

Clearly these people don't watch Breaking Bad.

Two meth addicts + one terminally ill chemist + death blow to head = ca$h.

GTRAINDELAY Hamilton Nolan 07/19/10 08:20AM

Budnick from Salute Your Shorts and I just use the power of computers to override the system. Then we ride my moped to freedom!

GTRAINDELAY GTRAINDELAY 07/19/10 08:29AM

@gtraindelay:

Oceanic GTRAINDELAY 07/19/10 09:04AM

@gtraindelay: Easy Money!

HowardRoarkLaughed GTRAINDELAY 07/19/10 09:09AM

@gtraindelay: That's the 2nd Salute Your Shorts reference in as many weeks (Donkeylips was guessed as a blind item at some point last week). Ah, memories of my summers at Camp Anawanna.

LessLikeYou HowardRoarkLaughed 07/19/10 09:48AM

@HowardRoarkLaughed: We hold you in our hearts.

fauxcault Hamilton Nolan 07/19/10 08:48AM

A radio station here in Atlanta has been holding some sort of contest that involves winning "your very own ATM!"....I feel like anyone who's excited about this doesn't quite understand the way an ATM works.

Brownh0rnet fauxcault 07/19/10 10:30AM

@dontmeanathing: How about the thieves that walked into Broadway Diner (also here in Atlanta) with a dolly and rolled the ATM out last night! And the place was full of people eating! Talk about balls.

fauxcault Brownh0rnet 07/19/10 10:46AM

@Brownh0rnet: Hah I was just reading about that in the AJC! (Er, not that I read the AJC) Best line in the article has to be:

"Employees threatened to call police and blocked the entrance while the robbery was in progress, but the suspects pushed them out of the way"

Threatened to call police. Ha. Go GA.

Brownh0rnet fauxcault 07/19/10 02:46PM

@dontmeanathing: That's hilarious....it's like the employees were all "damn, you called our bluff..ok, go ahead and take it."

tomqvaxy Hamilton Nolan 07/19/10 09:20AM

Where is that ATM in the stock? Israel? And is that a carton of milk?

ArmandDangerous tomqvaxy 07/19/10 11:48AM

@tomqvaxy: Nevada - click the Flickr link at the bottom of the article

tomqvaxy ArmandDangerous 07/19/10 11:54AM

@ArmandDangerous: Ah yes! I think that may be pamphlets as well. Still looks like a carton of Parmalat though...

Saxon 212 tomqvaxy 07/19/10 01:06PM

@tomqvaxy: It looks like Bushwick.