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Travel Hack #1: Anti-Skimming Card Holder

​​Posted: March 25, 2022 | Tagged: Travel Hacks, Travel Essentials

Protect your bank cards from being skimmed with The Anti-Skimming Card Holder from MetroBankUK, wherever you are in the world.

​This is the first in a new series of Travel Hacks based on my experience as a veteran low-budget backpacker in a modern world.

The Anti-Skimming Card Holder:
Anti Skimming Card holder

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I got my Anti Skimming Card Holder at MetroBank when I opened up an account there. These are a great idea.

They basically provide a protective barrier for you bank cards. In the days where most people have gone contactless, they stop someone scanning your card when it is supposedly out of reach, in a wallet, deep within your pocket or in a money belt. And they stop your card being skimmed, where the card is read and details taken.

A necessary item to combat card fraud as you backpack the world, heading to the Inbursa bank ​which has the ​Lowest ATM Fees in Mexico or even when you are walking the streets in your home town.
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They are being sold on Ebay. Hell, just go into MetroBankUK and get them for free!
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      • Burundi
      • Egypt
      • Ivory Coast
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      • Madagascar
      • Rwanda
      • Mali
      • Sudan
      • Morocco
      • Namibia
      • Tanzania
      • Tunisia
      • Uganda
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Americas >
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • Dominican Republic
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Mexico
      • Nicaragua
      • Panama
    • ASIA >
      • Central Asia
      • China
      • Middle East
      • Turkey
    • Europe >
      • Andorra
      • The Balkans
      • The Baltics
      • Belarus
      • Cyprus
      • Northern Cyprus
      • Gibraltar
      • Iceland
      • Italy
      • Liechtenstein
      • Malta
      • Monaco
      • Poland
      • Portugal
      • San Marino
      • Spain
      • Transnistria
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