Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Mar 2: The police here have unearthed another kind of cybercrime in which ATM card holders and banks are cheated.
The fraudsters collect ATM cards from innocent people, and use them at the ATM centres. When the machine spits out cash, they place their fingers across which ensures that the system gets hanged temporarily. They then file complaints online and get money again. When the window door opens to push the cash out, they used to place their fingers inside to block the sensors and make the system hang. This effectively blocked the message about the money having been withdrawn both to the bank and their cardholders.
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The city police who followed some clues, chased a gang which indulged in this kind of crime. One of the members of the gang has been caught while three others continue to lie low. The police are continuing with efforts to find out whether the gang has more members.
The arrested youth is Deepak (20) from Uttar Pradesh. Forty-eight ATM cards of different banks and Rs 52,000 found in his possession have been taken into possession, the police stated.