Business How easily could a thief change your ATM card PIN and raid your account? Money Matters Updated: Sep. 12, 2014, 3:30 p.m. | Published: Sep. 12, 2014, 2:30 p.m.

Anyone who has used an automated teller machine, or ATM, before knows you typically need to enter a PIN, or personal identification number, in order to access your bank account information and money.

The data is encrypted immediately after it's entered at the ATM into what is known as a PIN block, then sent on its way. Rarely does the transmission go directly to a consumer's bank.

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But, after he deposited a fake check for $2,800 in her account at Fifth Third Bank, the con man used her debit card to withdraw the money and disappear. Now, she's in trouble with the bank.

Anyone who has used an automated teller machine, or ATM, before knows you typically need to enter a PIN, or personal identification number, in order to access your bank account information and money.