From time to time, the Meghalaya police and banking officials have been alerting people not to fall prey to fraudsters who claim to be working in banks. Yet this month alone, four cases of fraudulent withdrawal of money by those who allegedly claim to be bank employees have been reported.
Sukanta Sharma lodged a complaint on Saturday that he received a call on his mobile phone in which the caller identified himself as Rohit Kumar Gupta, managing director State Bank of India (SBI), Mumbai. The caller allegedly asked Sharma about the details of his ATM card.
The complainant, “in good faith”, furnished details of his ATM card but later he received an SMS that an amount of Rs 8,000 has been debited from his account.
Another person, Biswajit, lodged a complaint on Sunday that his father received a call from someone claiming to be an SBI official who asked the details of his ATM card and passbook.
The complainant’s father provided all the details of his ATM card and that of his son too. Later, when his son rushed to the ATM to check the balance, he found that an amount of Rs 36,000 was withdrawn from his father’s account and Rs 1,999 was withdrawn from his (complainant) account.
The same day, Nimai Chandra Mazumdar complained that he received a call from an anonymous caller claiming to be an SBI official from Mumbai who asked for his ATM card details and the same was passed on to him. Later, he found that Rs 54,000 was withdrawn from his account.
Pranoy Dey lodged a complaint that on September 5 he received an SMS from someone claiming to be an SBI employee and asking for his card details and he duly obliged. Later, he found out that Rs 40,000 was debited from his account.
Police diaries reveal several such cases where frauds have managed to dupe unsuspecting customers of thousands of rupees.
Source: The Telegraph
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