Two senior citizens fall prey to ATM card swapping, lose Rs 3.39 lakh in Udupi

Two senior citizens fall prey to ATM card swapping, lose Rs 3.39 lakh in Udupi

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, October 9, 2024: A 69 year old Jagadish Rao from Kelarkala Bettu in Udupi has lost Rs 2,40,000.

In his complaint to Udupi town police, he said he had withdrawn Rs 10,000 from an ATM at Santhekatte on October 6.

While he was trying to check his account statement, a man approached him in the guise of helping him and took his ATM card.

Upon returning home, Rao received messages on his mobile linked to the Canara Bank account indicating a withdrawal of a total of Rs 2,29,998.

Upon verifying with the bank, he realised that his ATM card had been swapped.

An unknown individual had fraudulently replaced it and withdrawn Rs 2,40,000 from his account. A case has been registered at Udupi town Police Station under Sections 316(2) and 318(4) of BNS.

In a separate case, Chennappa (73), a resident of Kodi village has lost Rs 99,000.

He said that on October 4, while withdrawing Rs 1,000 from a Karnataka Bank ATM in Sasthana, Pandeshwara village, an unknown man entered the ATM kiosk and, pretending to assist, discreetly swapped Chennappa’s ATM card.

When Cheenappa tried to withdraw money on October 7, he received a message about the lack of cash in his account.

He immediately visited the bank to enquire and the staff informed him that a total of Rs 99,000 was withdrawn from his account between October 4 and October 6 at various locations of Saligrama, Shivamogga, Kargal, and Gokarna.

A case has been registered at the Kota police station under sections 316(2), 318(2), 318(4) of BNS