Two men cheated in ATM fraud

Two cases of alleged ATM card frauds were reported on Tuesday. In the first case, one Satpal Singh alleged that he was robbed off Rs 56,691 in an ATM fraud on January 14 this year in which the caller posed himself as a representative from State Bank of Mumbai.

The caller convinced Satpal that his ATM code would be changing and asked for his complete details including the bank account number and the ATM pin.

“The matter was sent to cyber cell of Faridabad police for investigation. A case was registered under Section 420 of the IPC and 66C and 66D of the IT Act,” Station House Officer (SHO) of Ballabgarh police Station said.

According to the SHO, the investigation shows that the amount siphoned off from the account of the victim was actually from some location outside of India.

In the second case, one Pyramid Kumar alleged that he was robbed off Rs 35,260 on October 14 last year after he received a telephone call said to be from <g data-gr-id="27">bank</g>.

A case was registered with the concerned police station under section 420 of the UPC and section 66C and 66D of the IT act Efforts were on to nab the perpetrators, the officer said.