Port Blair
4 May 2016
Recently two cases of ATM fraud have been reported at Police Station Aberdeen recently for debiting cash Rs. 9,900/- and 20,000/- by unknown subscribers to whom the victims had disclosed aadhaar detail and serial number of the ATM card.
Similarly, people have fallen victim to allurement through phone calls, SMS, emails wherein the recipient is told to deposit some money in order to receive some ‘prize’ ‘lottery’ or ‘cash reward’.
The recipients are asked to forward their names, addresses and photographs etc. to an email id specified in the SMS and then to deposit cash in some specified Bank account number. The victim is trapped in a phased manner over a period of time and before he comes to realize that he has lost his hard earned money to the fraudsters, the culprits are untraceable and the money not recoverable.
A&N Police time and again alerts people through media and announcements not to disclose Bank ATM Card numbers, adhaar details or PIN details to anyone on mobiles. Banks never ask customers over phone or through e-mail or SMS for such details.
Public should remain alert to such fake calls for ATM Nos. or PIN, adhaar details alluring messages, e-mails or phone calls and not fall into such traps in order to protect themselves from being cheated.