Cracking up at the ATM: Customer goes beserk as card gets rejected

Chinese man Bo Teng has been arrested after he took a hammer out of his car and used it to smash up nine ATM machines when they refused to accept his bank card.

The tourist had been visiting the city of Guangzhou, in the southern China province of Guangdong, and needed the money to get a hotel for the night.

But after repeatedly putting the card in and having it rejected, the 43-year-old walked away briefly only to return minutes later with a hammer from his car, which he then used it to smash up the machine that had rejected his card - before attacking three other machines in the wall of the bank.

He then walked a short distance until he spotted another bank, with another five ATM machines, and smashed those with the hammer as well.

Police spokesman, Jun Li, said: 'He was furious that he couldn't get money from his account but it appears it was because he didn't have any money in his account.

'It was also foolish given that he had tried to use the machine a few minutes earlier, and it was easy to identify him from his card details.'

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The bank warned that the man is unlikely to have any money in his account for some time after they announced they were suing him for the cost of repairing the machines, which is expected to be over £20,000 - they are also filing a complaint for criminal damage with police.