Paying by card or with or from the mobile phone is gradually becoming the most common way, but the truth is that cash continues to be the preferred method and although its daily use has decreased, the latest report from the Bank of Spain of November 2024 indicates that Cash continues to be the most widespread payment method in our country.
“Cash is the most used means of payment in physical stores for 59% of the population, followed by the card (30%, compared to 32% in 2023) and by mobile devices, which are the main means of payment for 11% of consumers” is explained in said document.
This means that even if we think not, people still have cash at home, and since salaries are no longer given in cash, the option citizens have is to go and withdraw money from ATMs. We have already heard techniques and scams that hack these ATMs or exchange parts in order to copy and steal your card data, but now experts warn of a new, much simpler modality, but luckily it can be avoided with a simple gesture.
This is because when withdrawing money, the teller, in addition to asking us for our credentials, asks us two questions, the first is “Are you going to perform another operation?” and the following is that of “Do you want a receipt for the operation?”. Well apparently, according to experts What we do after this second question can save us from being scammed.
And whether or not you get the receipt for the operation may seem indifferent, however, you must keep in mind that these receipts contain confidential informationlike the account balance or account and card number detailsdata that can be used by criminals to carry out fraud or theft.
For this reason, cybersecurity experts point out that It is always better not to print this receipt, and press the “Cancel” when the option to print the receipt appears to finish the process. Furthermore, before it did make more sense, with the aim of controlling your expenses, but nowadays With the existence of banking apps on our phones, you can have even more complete control and you can access this information as many times as you want without having to get this receipt.
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