# You find an ATM with someone's card in it... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-an-atm-with-someones-card-in-it/561282 "2010-11-20T00:32:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-an-atm-with-someones-card-in-it/561282/61 "2010-11-23T00:03:24Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > (About intentionally entering a hopefully bogus PIN) > > > [@Musicat](#): > > > > So you tried to use someone else’s card without their permission, several times. That’s called fraud. > > I’d call that white-hat activity. It’s technically fraudulent activity, but they’re actually trying to make the machine swallow the card, rather than trying to use the card. But officer…this card? The one that doesn’t have my name on it? Why am I trying to use it? I was just trying to make the machine swallow the card. Really! That dude over there just left it… ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-an-atm-with-someones-card-in-it/561282/62 "2010-11-23T00:30:57Z")
Just because the camera cannot be seen doesn’t mean it isn’t there. The only safe assumption is that no atm lacks a camera. I’d drop the card into the atm’s night deposit slot and carry on my merry way. ---
**Author:** ![Turtledove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@Turtledove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turtledove)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-an-atm-with-someones-card-in-it/561282/63 "2010-11-23T01:04:54Z")
If the bank were closed, I would drop the card in the mail slot. If the bank were open, I would give it to a teller. Stealing is not an option. How to help the other person is the object. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-an-atm-with-someones-card-in-it/561282/64 "2010-11-23T03:31:10Z")
A few years ago, a Brinks van overturned and money spilled out all over. I wouldn’t even keep that money. It isn’t mine. I’d put the card in the night depository. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-an-atm-with-someones-card-in-it/561282/65 "2010-11-23T03:32:39Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > A few years ago, a Brinks van overturned and money spilled out all over. I wouldn’t even keep that money. It isn’t mine. I’d put the card in the night depository. And don’t Brinks trucks have armed security guys in the back? I don’t think stuffing a few thousand bucks in my jeans is worth being shot, and subsequently jailed. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-an-atm-with-someones-card-in-it/561282/66 "2010-11-23T19:05:35Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > And don’t Brinks trucks have armed security guys in the back? I don’t think stuffing a few thousand bucks in my jeans is worth being shot, and subsequently jailed. You’re not allowed to shoot someone in defense of property in this country. > **[News Archives](https://www.findarticles.com/news/)** > > Explore the News Articles featuring Technology, Business, Entertainment, and Science & Health topics. Access reports, insights, and stories. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-an-atm-with-someones-card-in-it/561282.md?page=3)