Mumbai: More than 200 people in Bengaluru have lost Rs 10 lakh in fraudulent ATM transactions over the past 7 days and of them nearly 75 have come forward with complaints of illegal withdrawals from their accounts, according to a report in The Times of India.
Bengaluru police suspect that the fraudsters might have used some advanced skimmer devices to copy and capture ATM card details and also pinhole cameras to record finger movements for knowing PIN.
"When a person inserts a card in the slot, the skimmer copies details from the card's magnetic strip. The tiny camera placed above the keypad of the ATM captures the finger moments," TOI quoted K S Santosh of Incognito Forensic Foundation as saying.
The fraud came to light after an advertising professional Rajith Ravi from Cooke Town in Bengaluru got a message at 11.53 pm on Monday that flashed three cash withdrawals worth Rs 30,000 from his HDFC bank account from an ATM in Thane.
"I opened my wallet, but my debit card was inside. I didn't know how someone withdrew my money without my card or PIN," Ravi told the TOI. Apart form Ravi, other persons have also complained about fraudulent transactions from their ATM cards.
Sleuths from cybercrime investigation department have concluded that cyber thieves target ATMs that are placed in isolated areas and that do not attract much crowd.
