# What was this? Something actually nefarious or just profoundly stupid? Or both? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 5, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-something-actually-nefarious-or-just-profoundly-stupid-or-both/649368 "2013-02-05T06:16:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-something-actually-nefarious-or-just-profoundly-stupid-or-both/649368/21 "2013-02-05T21:50:29Z")
Possibility: “I can’t get this to work. Here, you try it with my card. The PIN is nnnn.” Then it’s YOUR face on the ATM camera taking money off a stolen card, not the convicted felon’s. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-something-actually-nefarious-or-just-profoundly-stupid-or-both/649368/22 "2013-02-05T21:51:11Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > Whoah, DRIVE THRU ATMS!?!?!? That sounds fooking brilliant to a lazy person like myself. What other things are drive-thru where you live? Car washes. In some places, liquor stores. I even remember a drive-through liquor store in Florida many years ago that would serve you a frozen cocktail at the window, although (to take advantage of a loophole, I guess) they’d basically give you a cup filled with margarita or pina colada slushy along a separate bottle of rum - i.e. the tiny ones you get on planes. If you then took it upon yourself to pour the booze into the slushy, well, that wasn’t _their_ responsibility. (Pretty sure they don’t allow the practice at all anymore.) ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-something-actually-nefarious-or-just-profoundly-stupid-or-both/649368/23 "2013-02-05T22:10:27Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > I totally agree you did the right thing reporting it, sounds super scammy. > > But I am mostly posting in this thread to say: Whoah, DRIVE THRU ATMS!?!?!? That sounds fooking brilliant to a lazy person like myself. What other things are drive-thru where you live? Drive-thru pharmacies are pretty popular. In Las Vegas (and maybe in some other areas) they have drive-thru wedding chapels. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-something-actually-nefarious-or-just-profoundly-stupid-or-both/649368/24 "2013-02-05T22:34:54Z")
[Drive through beer](http://inventorspot.com/articles/brew_thru_drive_thru_beer_franchise_smart_business_bad_drivers_40691) ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-something-actually-nefarious-or-just-profoundly-stupid-or-both/649368/25 "2013-02-05T22:48:50Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Drive through beer](http://inventorspot.com/articles/brew_thru_drive_thru_beer_franchise_smart_business_bad_drivers_40691) [Rookies!](http://www.yelp.com/biz/happy-pappy-family-liquors-davie) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-something-actually-nefarious-or-just-profoundly-stupid-or-both/649368/26 "2013-02-05T22:57:26Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > I totally agree you did the right thing reporting it, sounds super scammy. > > But I am mostly posting in this thread to say: Whoah, DRIVE THRU ATMS!?!?!? That sounds fooking brilliant to a lazy person like myself. What other things are drive-thru where you live? Pharmacy Coffee shop Car Wash Most fast food, including Dunkin Donuts ATM and live person tellers too (with cool pneumatic tube) ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-something-actually-nefarious-or-just-profoundly-stupid-or-both/649368/27 "2013-02-06T01:07:32Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > Huh - they’re far more common around me that stand alone ones. That’s weird. > > Ambivalid, what’d the bank say? They thanked me-after making sure I was indeed a member of their bank. I’m not sure why it was so important to them to ascertain my banking status, though. No free money, however. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-something-actually-nefarious-or-just-profoundly-stupid-or-both/649368/28 "2013-02-06T01:45:54Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > They thanked me-after making sure I was indeed a member of their bank. I’m not sure why it was so important to them to ascertain my banking status, though. No free money, however. ☹ By knowing your identity, they can just look up your transaction and check the video while you were there. I still say the dude probably just wanted to withdraw cash with a check and no ATM card - his dialogue certainly points to that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-something-actually-nefarious-or-just-profoundly-stupid-or-both/649368.md?page=1)