The Giridih police have busted a gang of online fraudsters who duped hundreds of people by extracting ATM card information from them.
Police said that the gang is the Giridih police unit’s one of the biggest catches. Seven members of the gang were arrested from Jorasimar area of Tetariatola under the Ahilayapur police station here on Sunday evening, said, SDPO Manis Toppo.
More than 100 cases of ATM frauds were registered in the different police station in the city past one year. Seven small mobiles, three smart phones, three motorcycles, six passbooks, one ATM card, 13 sim cards and Rs 25,000 were recovered from the arrested men, police sources said .
The Ahilayapur police in charge Shashi Ranjan Kumar along with Sunil Topono ASI and forces arrested them near the house of Jainath Mandal. They were involved in the crime have been identified as Moti Mandal ,Kamdeo Thakur ,Pawan Thakur ,lakh Raj Mandal, Satnarayan Mandal, Ramchandar Mandal and Jagdish Mandal.
Disclosing the modus operandi of the accused ,the Giridih Superintendent of police Akhlesh V. Varier said that the gang members used to call up people posing bank officials .They would told ATM card holders that their ATM was being cancelled for misuse .Other pretexts including linking Adhar number and expiration of the card. They would ask the victims to provide ATM card number, CVC number and PIN if they wanted to stop it from being cancelled, said SP, Akhlesh V. verier.
SDPO Manis Toppo added that while banks regularly advice people not to disclose their debit and credit card details to anyone over phone, many still fell into the gang’s trap .After receiving necessary receiving necessary information, the gang members transferred money from the victim’s account to their bank accounts.