Student loses money in fraud online transaction

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, April 16, 2015 : An MBBS student here has lost Rs. 14,000 from his bank account in an online transaction done in London, after his ATM card was possibly cloned.

According to Mangaluru South Police, Simone Sajjan, a native of Bengaluru who is pursuing his medical course at the Father Muller Medical College here, received an SMS about Rs. 14,993 being deducted from his account in a State Bank of India branch in Indiranagar in Bengaluru on Tuesday. When he checked with a local branch here, Sajjan was told that the transaction had happened in an ATM in London. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) K. Santosh Babu said that Sajjan’s ATM card could have been cloned. Mr. Santosh Babu said that apart from card cloning, fraudsters could have made use of a duplicate ATM card. Sajjan has now got his ATM card blocked.

The police have registered a case under Section 66 (C) of the Information Technology Act and also under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code.

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