Nearly Scammed in Guatemala!!

[Stretcher Monkey]

Only 4 days back in LatinoAmerica, and someone tried to scam me for the first time after having travelled previously throughout with no problems. It's apparently quite a common scam, but if posting here saves someone being got at, then it's worth it. As I approach the ATM, Hombre 1 is just arriving and pops in before me. He is taking a long time, and I think his nervous glances are because he can't find the "dame plata" sign. Meanwhile Hombre 2 arrives looking incredibly patient. I shoot in, not even bothering to latch the door. Luckily, because I didn't want to pay the $1 fee, I cancel the transaction, but I can't get to my card. On further inspection, a piece of plastic has been super-glued in place, acting as a one-way valve. By the time I rip it off, the card has been swallowed by the machine. Hombre 2, not realising that it's a draw, offers to help, proferring his mobile phone, and showing me the help number he is about to dial. I keep shtum, but he then starts talking to someone on the phone explaining my predicament. I think at this moment I was supposed to casually blurt my PIN into one end of his phone - chinga!!! Well I didn't, but I have still lost my card, so heads up, (or should that be down), people. Check those holes before entering.

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