Published On : Thu, Feb 8th, 2018

Taking help to swipe ATM card proves costly

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Nagpur: MIDC police have booked an unidentified person for duping a man on pretext of helping to swipe ATM card to get money but instead he transferred the money in his own account.

According to police sources, Sachin Pardhi, 29, resident of Ahmednagar Road Wanadongri had gone to the Balaji Nagar ATM to swipe his card for the first time. An unknown person offered to him help. This unknown person swiped the card thrice and got Rs 9000 transferred in his account and told Sachin that the machine was not transacting and so the money cannot be withdrawn. Sachin went home. After this, Sachin went to the bank and came to know that he had withdrawn Rs 9000. Immediately he went to MIDC police station and lodged a complaint against the unidentified person. Police are investigating.