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Yeah I live down there, it was all taped off last night around The Vale pub.... very sad

Along the theme of a night of crime in Dulwich, something very odd occurred last night at the cash machine just past the Co-Op on Lordship Lane. My friend went to take some cash out, and the machine would not return his card... it kept flashing as ATMs do when they're trying to give it back, but it was seemingly stuck. Turns out there was quite a clever little device on the ATM, which fits in front of the card machine slot and allows cards to go in but not come back out. Fortunately my mate was aware of these things and ripped it off, but it is worrying that their intention was obviously for someone less savvy to just accept that the card had been swallowed and walk off, then they'd obviously remove the device and wait for your cash and card. The freakiest thing about it was knowing that for their scam to work they must have been close by watching us, bar stewards!