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Default The Stimulus Debit Card Scam (was: I GOT MY $1400 Stimulus Check!)

On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:26:04 +0000, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>On 26/03/2021 18:18, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:09:48 -0600, US Janet >
>> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:14:52 -0400, Boron Elgar
>>>> I made a lot of money talking to people who had never heard of a PIN
>>>> and were still wary of using one, let alone an ATM.
>>> still haven't used an ATM. We don't carry much cash. Don't need cash
>>> anymore.

>> I pay for gas and the occasional lottery ticket with cash. I do not
>> miss it.
>>
>> I cannot recall the last time I used an ATM. Checks are deposited by
>> cell phone app and everything else is done online.
>>

>I use ATMs to transfer funds from my US banks, to my UK one - it's the
>most economical way I've found to do it. Pop the cards into the machine
>at my bank, withdraw their daily max, go up to the counter and deposit it.
>Unfortunately, the Royal Bank of Scotland closed our local branch, and
>the nearest bank is 40 miles away.
>That's pretty much the only thing I use ATMs for.


That is a good idea!

For some reason, the more online banking is pushed, the more banks get
built in town. I do not understand it. Oh, and assisted living
facilities.