Users beware! Skimming devices found in two Bengaluru ATMs

Bengaluru cyber crime police discovered two ATMs in Geddalahalli and Hennur with card skimmers installed Card skimming devices were installed in the machines and data collected from the cards were used to make online purchases Last week, police registered 35 complaints from people who had lost close to Rs 15 lakh due to illegal ATM withdrawals

A few days after the report of almost 200 Bengalureans losing their money due to illegal withdrawals from ATMs by gangs with card skimmers, the cyber crime police found that two ATMs in Geddalahalli and Hennur had card skimmers installed.

The accused are yet to be identified.

Card skimming devices were installed in the machines and data collected from the cards were used to make online purchases. Deputy Commissioner of Police Jinendra Kanavi told The Hindu, “We have asked the banks to provide the details of the transaction and the CCTV footage to identify the accused. We have asked RBI officials to issue an advisory to the banks on security measures to be taken up to contain such frauds.”

It is reported that the ATMs were of private banks and did not have security guards. 

Last Tuesday, July 4, 2017, cyber-crime police registered 35 complaints from people who had lost money due to illegal ATM withdrawals across the city. Close to Rs 15 lakh have been reportedly withdrawn from people’s accounts.

In February this year, the east division police arrested a gang of seven, including a Nigerian and a Uganda national, for a similar fraud. The accused confessed that they had installed a card-skimming machine to capture sensitive data, which they would then use to clone cards and make purchases.