As a caution and safety measure for customers, SBI has also advised the account holders to change the ATM PIN at regular intervals, cover ATM/POS keypad while entering the PIN, memorize the security transaction number rather than writing it down on the card or anywhere else.
Sixty-seven cloned ATM cards, one skimming machine, two spy cameras, a MSR writer to write on the empty card and a laptop were recovered from their possession. A case has been registered, Naik said.
Delhi Crime Branch on Saturday busted an ATM skimming gang, who tampered with thousands of ATM machines across the country and extracted millions of rupees with the help of cloned ATM cards. Infamous by the name of Tiger gang of Delhi, the group of ATM skimmers was involved in several ATM fraud cases. They used Sophisticated equipment.
Several people have reported of ATM frauds in the past and about the card skimming technique to clone debit/credit cards to withdraw money from remote locations was used. Recently, a group of citizens in Delhi's Arjun Nagar area discovered an ATM kiosk of Canara Bank rigged with card skimming chip and hidden camera.
His three other associates were arrested on Sunday following probe into multiple cases involving fraudulent withdrawal of money, reported at Sector 20 and Sector 24 police stations, the official said.
All old ATM/debit and credit cards won't be working from 1 January 2019. According to the RBI directive, all magnetic stripe cards are required to be replaced by EMV chip cards.
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