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alojapan.com/1257000/japan-ban Japan bans elderly from using ATMs while on phone to tackle scams #ATM #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #news #Osaka #scam The Japanese city of Osaka will ban elderly people from using ATMs while on a phone call under a new rule aimed at tackling a growing scourge of targeted scams. Nationwide, damage from organized fraud schemes – orchestrated by criminal gangs including the yakuza – reached a record 72.2 billion yen ($500 million) last year.< …

alojapan.com/1255668/osaka-to- Osaka to ban older people from using ATMs while on the phone to help stop scams #ATM #Banks #Elderly #fraud #HirofumiYoshimura #Osaka #OsakaTopics #大阪 #大阪府 Osaka – In a first for Japan, the Osaka prefectural government will ban people 65 and older from using ATMs while speaking on mobile phones to try to prevent “special fraud” schemes that frequently target older people. Under a revised prefectural ordinance, financial institutions and other…

Just tried to withdraw 3500 PLN from a #Euronet #ATM in Poland.
Machine kindly offered to “help” me by converting it to 874.96 CHF on the spot.

Such a good deal!

Except… my bank did it for 772.12 CHF instead.

Let me break that down for you:

Euronet rate: 4.02 PLN = 1 CHF
My bank's rate: 4.56 PLN = 1 CHF
Their markup: +13.3%
Actual scam in numbers: I would’ve paid 102.84 CHF more just for saying “yes.”

And the cherry on top?

They try to scare you with “The rate will not be guaranteed if you decline.”

No worries, Euronet — I’ll take my chances with someone who isn’t trying to rob me in daylight.

Friendly reminder:

Always decline conversion. Let your bank handle it.

Unless you're feeling generous and want to donate to the “Euronet yacht fund.”

cc: All the cunts from Euronet ATMs

'Does the Multiplication Tables Check do what it is meant to do?'

Rose Keating and Jenni Back explore whether the Multiplication Tables Check is a suitable tool for predicting success in the Key Stage 2 Mathematics National Curriculum Tests.

atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/

One of the two free articles from Mathematics Teaching 295 for non-members.
#multiplication #mtc #MathematicsTeaching #atm #MT #MT295 #iTeachMath #MathEd #Math #Education #mathematics