Beware of the fake calls coming from unknown persons, who seek your ATM number while introducing himself as an employee of the concerned bank head office! Many calls have been received by people holding the ATM debit cards in the mountainous district of the Garhwal region. Two persons of Uttarkashi gave away their ATM numbers to find money being debited from their accounts in no time. The victims are BS Kaintura and EM Ansari.
Chief Pharmacist, Badkot hospital, Kaintura received a call on Monday with the caller introducing himself as one from SBI Mumbai branch, saying that his account was locked and asking for the ATM card code number. Initially, he refused, but latter he relented. Soon he found that Rs25,000 was debited as he received a message on his mobile phone.
Kaintura lodged a report in the police station. The second victim of the fake caller was Principal, GIC Karadi of Yamunaghati of Badkot ES Ansari. From his account Rs75000 were withdrawn through ATM by the same process.
This correspondent has also received a fake call from an unknown mobile number 7739664076.
The same thing was told. Many fake calls have been received from different numbers at Pauri, Pithoragarh and some other places too. However, they did not respond.