3/1/2018
PUNE: A 45-year
old man became the victim of a case of suspected debit card cloning. The
complainant, Amrendrakumar Pramod Singh, is a resident of Pune. On September 26
last year, multiple transactions for a total value of Rs 28,000 were done on
his debit card at an ATM in Thane.
Singh, a marketing professional with a private firm, says
he never visited Thane. He maintained that he had neither lost his debit card
nor shared its details with anyone else. The police suspect Singh's card has
been cloned, and are in the process of ascertaining where the crime might have
taken place.
Singh was alerted about the fraudulent transactions via text
messages from the bank. "The fraudster used a fake card at a bank's ATM in
Thane and carried out three withdrawals - two of Rs 10,000 each and one of Rs
8,000 - and left only Rs 500 balance in the savings bank account," Singh
told pune-news.com, "I rushed to
the bank and got the card blocked."
Singh also filled out a distress form, claiming a refund of
his money as there was no negligence on his part. "The bank assured me
that they would conduct an indepth inquiry and repay the money at the earliest,
but till date, nothing has happened," Singh said. Adding insult to injury,
Singh's account was charged Rs 23 per transaction, as cash was withdrawn from
the ATM of another bank.
Initially, Singh had rushed to the Sahakarnagar police
chowkey, which referred it to the Pune cybercrime cell, where Singh filed a
complaint application. After investigating the complaint, the cybercrime cell
directed Singh to Sahakarnagar police, where an FIR was registered under
relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act.
"We have registered Singh's complaint under sections 420
(cheating) of the Indian Penal Code, among other charges of the Information
Technology Act. We will write to the banks concerned to give details of the
transactions done by the fraudster. We will seek assistance from the cyber cell
to detect the case at the earliest," inspector A T Wagmale said.
"A CCTV camera has captured images of a suspect thrice
swiping the card and withdrawing money from an ATM at Thane," a cybercrime
officer said.
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