SHILLONG: Despite the advisories issued by police, banks and Governments, people continue to get duped after they share their ATM pins and other details to strangers over the phone. As per police reports, Krishna Seal of Nokil A’we, Williamnagar lodged a complaint that on April 8, she received a phone call, wherein the caller claimed to be an official of State Bank of India and asked for her ATM details.
Later, she received three text messages informing about withdrawal made from her account.In a similar incident, on April 10 around 6.30 pm, Noresh Bhusal of Nongmynsong, Shillong received one anonymous phone call, wherein the caller identified himself as an official of SBI Customer Care and asked about his ATM details.
Later, he found that around Rs. 80,000 has been fraudulently transferred from his account.In another incident on Wednesday, at around 6.30 pm, R.K Sharma received an anonymous phone call, wherein the caller identified himself as a bank official from Mumbai and asked about his ATM details. Later, he found out that Rs. 50,000 has been withdrawn from his account.
