Debit card fraud foxes senior citizen, siphons off 50,000

Pune: A conman collected the debit card details of a senior citizen posing as a representative of a nationalised bank over the phone and siphoned off Rs 49,965 from his account using them.
The fraud came to light after the 67-year-old retired junior works manager (name withheld) of the ammunition factory in Khadki registered a complaint on Friday against the fraudster with the Vishrantwadi police station.Inspector (crime) Manoj Khandale said on Saturday, "The conman had called up the man between 2.30pm and 3pm on January 24 and made him reveal his debit card's details like CVV (card verification value) number and PIN (personal identification number), claiming the bank was in the process of upgrading the card."
He said, "The fraudster misused the information and cloned the debit card for withdrawing Rs 49,965 in seven instalments from various ATMs at Yerawada and adjoining areas. The fraud came to light after the customer received text messages from the bank on the transactions made."
Vishrantwadi police inspector Khandale said, "The victim obtained a mini statement from the bank's ATM and got his card blocked after lodging a complaint with the bank's call centre. He demanded an inquiry into the incident and refund of the money withdrawn from his account in the complaint with the bank."
"We are in the process of checking closed circuit television cameras of various ATMs from where the fraudster had withdrawn money from the senior citizen's bank account. We shall also write to the bank to give details of the transactions made by the fraudster. We have registered a complaint of cheating under the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act," he added.
The senior citizen told TOI over the phone that the fraudster perhaps made online transactions for various purchases misusing the information given to him. "I don't know the places from where the transactions were made because the police have not shared the details of the progress in investigations with me," he added.
The conman had called up the man and made him reveal his debit card's details like CVV (card verification value) number and PIN (personal identification number), claiming the bank was in the process of upgrading the card