| Posted on: 2010-08-23/22:51:10 | India - Fraud & Cyber Crime News | Bank Complaints/ |
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Another instance of fraudulent withdrawal of money from an ATM was reported on Sunday when Dr Sangeeta Arora, a professor in the Department of Statistics at Panjab University learnt in the morning that Rs 80,000 has been withdrawn from her bank account without her knowledge. Sangeeta is the fifth victim in the last four days whose money has been fraudulently withdrawn with the help of duplicate ATM card. Incidentally, in all these cases, the victims have been customers of the State Bank of India (SBI). Sangeeta was shocked to learn that somebody had withdrawn Rs 80,000 from her bank account leaving behind only Rs 1,187. As many as nine transactions were made by the frauds in two days to withdraw the money. It is not that the entire money was withdrawn in one go. Sangeeta last withdrew Rs 2,000 from her bank account on August 17 from an ATM located in Sector 37, Chandigarh. On August 18, her bank account was credited with an amount of Rs 20,000. The fraudulent withdrawal began the same day. While the ATM card was in the possession of Sangeeta, an amount of Rs 40,000 was withdrawn on August 18 in three different transactions. The three transactions were made from Sector 32 and Sector 30 ATMs. On August 19, an amount of Rs 40,060 was withdrawn by way of six different transactions. The fraud came to light when Anil Kumar Arora, husband of Dr Sangeeta Arora, was surfing the Internet and checked Sangeeta's bank account through net banking on Sunday. “I almost fainted when my husband told me that my account has only Rs 1,187. I never withdrew any amount from my account in the last two days. The card was in my safe custody. Moreover, I have never used my card for shopping so that somebody can misuse it,” said Sangeeta. |
| Source: Times | Location : Chandigarh |
