--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To,The Director General of Police Panjim-Goa Dear Sir, It has come to our information that some fraud has taken place in two different ATM booths in Goa recently, where around 62 customers have lost over 13 lakhs in two separate incidents of skimming cards. Goa police suspect two foreigners and they are still to be apprehended ( enclosed NT report). Hopefully very soon these accused will be caught and taken into custody. I was told that their respective Banks have made arrangements to make payment to the customers who have lost their cash on ATM fraud. Although the police have released the video footage and images which are clearly seen in the Navhind Times report dated 12.2.2016, but the suspects are still at large.Let me give my own case which I have lost Rs. 19.000/- on ATM fraud. The SBI Bank has not paid yet the cash lost. I have registered a FIR No. 80/2012 on 07.03.2012 on IPC section 379. This ATM card was issued by SBI D.Paula Branch of Account No. 10037077557 having No. 622018035660002020438. The FIR complaint was registered in the Panjim Police station by then Police Inspector R.S. Prabhudesai for ATM fraud of Rs. 19.000/- at the ATM City Bank Booth, Wiekfield, Pune.I have handed over the footage given by their concerned ATM booth of City bank from the main office at Koregao Park and also informed my bank at SBI Dona Paula Branch Manager immediately. The person seen in the footage was an employee from a organisation of M/s Mindcress, Pune who was working as security guard and he left the organisation upon Goa police investigation. So far this person is not apprehended and he is still at large. Now four years has passed but still this FIR is open without any investigation going on. At one time our Police Dept tried to close this FIR which I have not allowed. I have lost the fate of Goa Police and also the cash of Rs. 19.000/-. Will the DGP ( Director General of Police), take up this matter once again and investigate as fresh, as nowadays recently such frauds are taking place in Goa and hopefully the persons who is seen in the footages are apprehended and put in jail. Stephen Dias, Dona Paula.
ATM frauds: cops on the lookout for 2 foreigners Posted by: nt <http://www.navhindtimes.in/author/nt/> February 12, 2016 in Goa News <http://www.navhindtimes.in/category/goanews/> PANAJI: Around 62 customers have reported to have lost over Rs 13 lakhs in two separate incidents of ATM card skimming reported recently. In order to ascertain the identity of the two accused who are foreign nationals, the police have now approached the Foreigner Regional Registration Office (FRRO) of the Goa police as well as Bureau of immigration, India Cyber Crime police are in pursuit of two foreign nationals in connection with ATM card skimming frauds reported recently. The police, on Thursday, released images and video footage of the two suspected persons who are seen installing a wireless CCTV camera at an ATM booth which is used to capture passwords of the ATM cards. According to the police, the two had also fitted a skimmer device to the card reader of the ATM to copy data from the magnetic stripe of the cards. The skimmer device and the camera are fitted for a certain time, and removed thereafter and the stolen data is used to make duplicate cards. The police have recovered one pinhole camera and a skimmer device from one of the ATM booths, which were left behind by the accused. Around 62 customers have reported to have lost over Rs 13 lakhs in two separate incidents of ATM card skimming reported recently. “Both the accused persons are foreign nationals and it is evident from the images and video footage,” claimed a police officer. In order to ascertain the identity of the two accused who are foreign nationals, the police have now approached the Foreigner Regional Registration Office (FRRO) of the Goa police as well as Bureau of immigration, India. The images and video footage (CCTV) were obtained by the police from the banks. The activity of installing the skimmer and wireless camera was executed by the two accused in broad day light, the police informed. The incidents captured by CCTV cameras at two separate ATM booths show time as 9.30 a.m., one occurred on January 6 and another on January 16. According to the police, the accused persons must have executed the plan after carefully examining the area where the ATM machines are installed. “It appears that they have studied the targeted area before executing the plan. At one of the ATM booths there was no security guard while in another there was a security guard (outside ATM),”informed the police. The police will stress on security and surveillance issues during the meeting scheduled with bank officials at police headquarters on Friday. The police said that the ATM card skimming frauds reported in the state could be the handiwork of an organised international gang as the probe has revealed that almost all the transactions, wherein money was siphoned off, were executed in foreign countries. The police further said that after the ATM cards data was stolen it was then used to withdraw money in the Middle East as well as in the European countries.