[Name change, outing] I was outside Asda near Bournemouth train station last night just having put my card in the machine when a young woman quickly approached me. This gave me a shock because obviously you always have to be wary of people watching etc. at a cash machine, I just hit "cancel" and grabbed my card.
She seemed stressed and asked me if I knew how to activate a bank card she had in her hand. I just told her that I only knew that for my bank you make a purchase and put your card in and use the pin.
She said she didn't have a pin and showed me the card which was a Monzo one and a bit weird, it didn't seem to have the usual details embossed on the front.
Then she tried putting it in the machine, what I don't get here was that surely she must have put in a pin at this point- and showed me there was no option to activate.
I just replied that I only knew about making a purchase, said I was sorry and went in the store- unfortunately without my cash because I'd had to abruptly cancel. Also a bit shaken at being approached at the cash point.
She seemed like a nice and genuine person but obviously this has thrown me. I'm now worried about some kind of scam, but if so- what could it be? I was watching for someone approaching me while she was speaking in case it was a distraction technique but no-one did.
What now? Do I need to cancel my card?
I'm so wary of Bournemouth now, the whole train station/Asda area was just full of people on drugs. I grew up in a city so I'm not naive, it's just that Bournemouth seems to have deteriorated.