Team Herald
PONDA: Multiple cases of online fraud have been reported at the Ponda Police station in the last few months. Citizens from Usgao, Ponda, Marcaim and Bandora have filed complaints where they have been cheated by online fraudsters who withdraw cash from their accounts without their knowledge.
In several cases, citizens from have alleged that they were cheated to the tune of Rs 2.5 lakh whereas in other cases, citizens were cheated to the tune of Rs 5 lakh.
Ponda police officials have appealed to Bank customers to take care while withdrawing cash from the ATM so as to ensure that their account details are not stolen by use of skimming machines or cameras fitted to the ATM machines.
One citizen from Ponda pointed out that cash of Rs 1.45 lakh was withdrawn from his account between April 27 and May 1, 2019 but he had not received a single message about the same.
Two other residents from Usgao have also complained of similar issues where cash worth Rs 60,000 and Rs 40,000 had been withdrawn with them not receiving any notification message and alleged discrepancies in the cash withdrawal accounts with the bank. They have pointed out that there is a court ruling that the banks are responsible for online cash withdrawals but that their issues have not been addressed by the banks.
