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Old 10-11-2008, 10:32 PM   #15
Nik
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Default Re: All withdrawals and electronic payments down right now

Regarding the PIN amnesia, I had this happen mid-September... though I stepped back, and sort of went through the mental block and remembered the PIN in a few minutes. Actually, this is mostly due to the fact that I remember my PINs through the hand movements that I use to type them in.

Regarding the ATM outages, I am in Edinburgh and have not seen this happen although I do not pay attention to many ATMs anyway...

BUT - I did have a strange event at the bank (Lloyds) and it was somewhat TOO coincidental for the time period (with all the current changes). A few days ago I went to withdraw 500 GBP, basically in case of predicted outages. I went through the cashier rather than the ATM and interestingly enough there was some sort of 'random security check' after which the cashier had to phone the head office (or wherever) to double check account details.

Just seemed like the timing was a bit too perfect for that to happen.
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