atm being blown up

kevinswan007 said:
hahha, what a clip.
would liked to have seen more, after the explosion.
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I think they did not show that for security reasons. Don't want to show how much money was in there or if the guys were successful or not. Camera might also have been damaged.

Interesting to see their MO....

didn't see any weapons
like the plastic bags on the head, pity they aren't tied a bit tighter
looks like some of them were playing lookout until the guys with the crowbars had done their thing
they were obviously using plastic explosives.
 
if they were using plastic explosives then surely they'd need an electrical charge to start the explosion?
 
Fudzy said:
I thought those were dynamite?
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not only dynamite. You do get caps with a fuse which are capable of triggering a secondary explosion....

plastic explosive burns when lit with a match... but explodes when submitted to a shock wave.
 
I stand to be corrected, but that is dynamite.

Any idea of what they where bashing in with those crowbars? Looks like they stuck them through the cash slot?

Lastly, why don't they arm these ATM's with some kind of device that alerts security when the bashing in with the crowbars start?
 
Generator Man said:
I stand to be corrected, but that is dynamite.

Any idea of what they where bashing in with those crowbars? Looks like they stuck them through the cash slot?

Lastly, why don't they arm these ATM's with some kind of device that alerts security when the bashing in with the crowbars start?
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I suppose these guys are 'in and out' in less than 5 minutes, so by the time security gets the alert and arrive on the scene, the perps are long gone.

Also, sometimes the security guards are in cahoots with the ATM bombers.
 
So, it takes them 1 minute and 26 seconds from starting the bashing of the ATM to lighting the explosives. 5 - 10 of these a day. The cops don't stand a chance.
 
Can't they rig the ATM up with dye that stains the banknotes rendering them useless if any tampering takes place?
 
Perhaps what the banks should do is pack the atms with their own explosives so that when the perps blow up the atms a second explosion takes out the money as well...
 
Its unbelievable how quick this is done, how many of these do they actually get the money??? Yes why doesn't they money have some kind of something that makes is unusable if stolen????
 
There are a number of ways they could fight this. The problem at the moment is upgrading all of the machines simultaneously. I am sure they are furiously trying to find a solution. Question is, what is the next target the criminals will turn to after this?
 
Garyvdh said:
There are a number of ways they could fight this. The problem at the moment is upgrading all of the machines simultaneously. I am sure they are furiously trying to find a solution. Question is, what is the next target the criminals will turn to after this?
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Exactly ... they migrated from cash in transit to this.... what is next?
 
JayM said:
Can't they rig the ATM up with dye that stains the banknotes rendering them useless if any tampering takes place?
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mmm... somebody high up has been reading your post...:D
Several South African banks are now in the process of installing dye staining devises in ATMs to render the banknotes worthless after an explosion.

It comes in the midst of an ongoing spate of ATM bombings across the country.
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Kim_Webchick said:
I heard that most of the time they don't get away with the cash but I could be mistaken
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I would assume by the high incident of atm bombings that they earning a reasonable living out of it. Having said that the mess left behind by a demolished atm, plus the noise, smoke, fire etc they may not have time to pick up all the notes...
 
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