Rajkot: Beware of help in ATMs! Your card may get swapped – Times of India
RAJKOT: The Junagadh local crime branch (LCB) has stumbled upon an ATM fraud carried out by two persons who targeted senior citizens and withdrew cash from their accounts. The duo, whose identities were not revealed as the investigation was in progress, had withdrawn cash and purchased a mobile phone using the ATM card of a 71-year-old teacher Chandrakant Makwana in Gondal on June 21. When Makw…….
RAJKOT: The Junagadh local crime branch (LCB) has stumbled upon an ATM fraud carried out by two persons who targeted senior citizens and withdrew cash from their accounts.
The duo, whose identities were not revealed as the investigation was in progress, had withdrawn cash and purchased a mobile phone using the ATM card of a 71-year-old teacher Chandrakant Makwana in Gondal on June 21.
When Makwana went to the bank’s ATM kiosk, one person who was already inside, deliberately dashed into him. Makwana’s ATM card fell down and another man standing outside came inside and picked up the card. However, he exchanged Makwana’s original card with another one. When Makwana tried to withdraw, the machine did not dispense cash and he returned home assuming there was some technical problem.
On June 21, Makwana got a call from Junagadh LCB asking if he had lost any money from his account. Makwana was unaware but when he took out a mini statement from the bank, he realized that Rs 20,000 cash was withdrawn from an ATM kiosk in Rajkot while a mobile worth Rs 39,000 was also purchased using his card. In all, Makwana lost Rs 68,000 in three transactions.
Sources in Junagadh LCB said they have recovered 20 ATM cards from the duo and suspect they have cheated a large number of people, mostly senior citizens, using the same modus operandi.
“The amount of cash and shopping they did using the ATM cards could be much more. We suspect they cheated people in many cities,” an LCB official said.
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