Bhubaneswar: A bank officer in the Eradian district has been allegedly cheated by Scamster and lost Rs 30,000 last week.
The incident had left the banking community faced by Red because they had polished customers about safe transactions and warned them about cyber threats.
Rabindra Nanda, who is a manager with Bank Overseas India in BhawaniPatna, filed a complaint with the Crime and Economic Police Station (CC & EO) in the district a few days ago.
Nanda accused several crucial criminals with interesting Rs 30,023 in three transactions – each RS 10,000 in two phases and Rs 10,023 in the last phase – from his account on December 31, 2021.
Immediately after receiving a transaction warnings by telephone about suspicious withdrawals, Nanda Block the debit card.
Nanda told the police that he verified the transaction and learned that criminals cheatly withdraw money from ATMs in Kolkata.
“The banker claims that he has a debit card and does not share other pins or details with anyone.
We are investigating this case,” said an officer of the CC & EO .nanda police station denied that he had clicked on a phishing mail or link.
“I did not receive a suspicious letter or link.
I also never share the details related to the card with anyone.
I really suspect cyber criminals may have clone my debit card and get access to my pin.
Using a cloning card at the ATM in Kolkata, they stole Cash from my account, “said Nanda.
Last month, cyber criminals who were unknown with an interesting cheat of Rs 10.10 lakh from their wife’s account from senior IPS officers.
It must be noted that fraud related to ATMs, especially withdrawal of fraud cash, has increased in the state.
In accordance with the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), at least 204 cases were reported in the 2018 state, each number rose to 331 and 362 in 2019 and 2020.
Cheating related debit cards and credit cards, also increased in specializing during the period the.
As many as 13, 50 and 132 such fraud were reported in 2018, 2019 and 2020.