A simple example of the international nature of ATM fraud.

Information from ATM cards skimmed in Auckland used in Canada to fleece accounts of thousands

(IRN News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)There has been a third case of skimming of money cards at an Auckland ATM machine.This time it is at a BNZ machine at Pakuranga Plaza.

Information is thought to have been stolen from 60 cards.

That information has been used in Toronto in Canada with the fraudsters taking a total of $49,000.

It was only when card holders queried transactions that the BNZ realised its ATM machine at Pakuranga Plaza had been tampered with.

The BNZ is urging anyone who may have used the Pakuranga machine in March to check their accounts for irregularities.