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unflxw | 2 years ago

Not all tourists are Americans. I would expect the average person scammed by these ATMs is an European citizen from a different country.

I agree the map kinda sucks, because most of the island of Mallorca is a tourist trap at this point. But you can see how the interior's population centers, like Inca, Sa Pobla and Manacor, have none.

For a better example, as one of the replies to the tweet suggests, check using Google Maps around Barcelona. You can see sixteen of them crowded around Sagrada Familia, for example, and barely any in the mostly-residential neighbourhoods further north.

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orwin|2 years ago

Most Europeans citizens use euros so they won't get 'scammed' by euronet ARMs, as the only 'scam' there is currency conversion (and fees if you use an 'out of network bank', so I think if you are at Boa it should be fine)

izacus|2 years ago

That's not true at all, Euronet ATMs will happily add 5€+ to your withdrawal - something (local) bank owned ATMs usually don't.

There's a reason why they got such a bad reputation.

gpvos|2 years ago

There are still quite a few countries in Europe that don't use the euro, so conversion is an issue there. And most Euronet ATMs have a high surcharge even when drawing euros from a euro account (this may differ per country and location).