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| Topic: | OT / makes me appreciate the U.S. This thread has 38 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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| Post 1 made on Saturday June 30, 2012 at 13:51 |
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...So my GF is visiting Argentina... she was informed to never pull out cash in public, and she said everywhere she goes she is being watched and sometimes followed (to get robbed)... Lastnight she texted me in a panic because she used an ATM which had one of those things that scans her card and takes a picture of her PIN #! Her account got cleaned out! ...So this morning I had to wire her some $$$ That place is full of scam artists and pickpockets... [Link: youtube.com]Watch the above clip. It's a little scary.
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| Post 2 made on Saturday June 30, 2012 at 13:53 |
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So don't go to Brazil, check. Don't go to Argentina, check. I eagerly await your addition of the list where I will never go. Thanks for helping keep me safe ;-)
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| Post 3 made on Saturday June 30, 2012 at 13:54 |
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Ugh, it's always something. The idea of international travel always seems so appealing to most people...to me, I'm happy just heading "down the road" to San Diego for vacation.
Add Mexico and...and pretty much anywhere that is within a train or dog sled ride of the Ukraine lol
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| OP | Post 4 made on Saturday June 30, 2012 at 14:37 |
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On June 30, 2012 at 13:54, tweeterguy said...
Ugh, it's always something. The idea of international travel always seems so appealing to most people...to me, I'm happy just heading "down the road" to San Diego for vacation. Yep, me too!
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| Post 5 made on Saturday June 30, 2012 at 14:40 |
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I learned to appreciate the US by spending a bit more than a month in France. It's a nice place, but somehow it just wasn't... right. Or something.
On the other hand, this reminds me of a joke David Brenner told years ago on the Tonight Show. Remember when Times Square was a place to go if you were ready to take your life in your hands? David Brenner said "I saw a guy coming out of a bank, counting the money he had just taken out. He was robbed right there in the square, in broad daylight. Hell, in New York, you don't come out of the bank counting your fingers!"
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| Post 6 made on Saturday June 30, 2012 at 15:40 |
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On June 30, 2012 at 13:51, Mr. Stanley said...
...So my GF is visiting Argentina... she was informed to never pull out cash in public, and she said everywhere she goes she is being watched and sometimes followed (to get robbed)... Lastnight she texted me in a panic because she used an ATM which had one of those things that scans her card and takes a picture of her PIN #! Her account got cleaned out!
...So this morning I had to wire her some $$$ That place is full of scam artists and pickpockets... I always check for the tiny cameras and the add on piece for the card swipe. I cant wait to find one so i can smash it up.
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| OP | Post 7 made on Saturday June 30, 2012 at 16:06 |
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On June 30, 2012 at 15:40, 39 Cent Stamp said...
I always check for the tiny cameras and the add on piece for the card swipe. I cant wait to find one so i can smash it up. Yeah the scammers are getting very sophisticated with the skim devices on ATM's and gas pumps etc.!
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| Post 8 made on Saturday June 30, 2012 at 16:47 |
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I see an opportunity for an awesome show on the travel channel. "Mr Stanley sees the world". Each week we see a new exotic location get revealed for the awful third world cesspool that it really is. Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, tamarack NC...
I look the most forward to the Tamarack episode
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| OP | Post 9 made on Saturday June 30, 2012 at 17:24 |
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On June 30, 2012 at 16:47, Fins said...
I see an opportunity for an awesome show on the travel channel. "Mr Stanley sees the world". Each week we see a new exotic location get revealed for the awful third world cesspool that it really is. Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, tamarack NC...
I look the most forward to the Tamarack episode Ha ha ha!
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| Post 10 made on Saturday June 30, 2012 at 17:36 |
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On June 30, 2012 at 16:47, Fins said...
I see an opportunity for an awesome show on the travel channel. "Mr Stanley sees the world". Each week we see a new exotic location get revealed for the awful third world cesspool that it really is. Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, tamarack NC...
I look the most forward to the Tamarack episode Sort of like forest gump meets crocodile dundee?
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| Post 11 made on Saturday June 30, 2012 at 19:39 |
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LOL
I generally avoid ATMs not affiliated with my bank.
But, now I'm more nervous about restaurants. Crikey!
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| Post 12 made on Saturday June 30, 2012 at 20:01 |
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Scary stuff... I thought she was your ex?!
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| Post 13 made on Saturday June 30, 2012 at 20:17 |
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On June 30, 2012 at 19:39, Neurorad said...
LOL
I generally avoid ATMs not affiliated with my bank.
But, now I'm more nervous about restaurants. Crikey! Hotels too. Just about every time we have to give a credit card to someone at a hotel desk...within 24 hours they are refilling gift cards online. The last one was Kmart and Starbucks.
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| Post 14 made on Sunday July 1, 2012 at 01:13 |
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Cash and heat is all I would carry in a place like that.
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| Post 15 made on Sunday July 1, 2012 at 05:45 |
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i always use ATM machine inside the banks since its not as easy to install those scaner while all bank staff watch you
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