KOLKATA: The ATM gang has stuck again. A woman from Rajarhat and an elderly man from Entally claimed that their ATM cards were exchanged by the accused and money withdrawn from their accounts.
In the first incident, Anima Bhattacharya from Rajarhat had visited three ATMs in the area and her card was allegedly exchanged at a private bank ATM. Bhattacharya, in her complaint, stated she realized her card had been exchanged only after she started receiving messages of fund withdrawals from her account, several hours after the con job was done. The victim lost Rs 42, 241.
The Rajarhat police are investigating the case and have approached the banks for details of the ATMs.
In the Entally case, the victim — Asit Mitra (71) — has lodged a complaint with his public sector bank.
“I was at a public sector bank on Saturday when the incident took place. The man came forward to tell me that I had dropped my statement slip, which I actually had not. That was when he exchanged the card and I lost Rs 11,000. I immediately blocked the card,” said Mitra.
Shoulder surfing involves incidents in which a criminal closely observes shoppers and notes their PIN when they are paying for goods or when they use an ATM.
Shoppers and bank customers are then approached away from the ATM or in places such as shopping centre car parks where they are distracted and their cards are stolen.
