A Nigerian man has been arrested for cloning debit cards of
over 100 people and withdrawing money fraudulently from their accounts. The
victims had swiped their cards at ATMs in upscale south Delhi colonies.
The man identified as Kingsley had a unique modus operandi.
Police said he would identify an ATM kiosk that didn't have a security guard
around. He would go inside, rip open the card swiping slot of the machine and
place a scanner behind it. .
Black tape would hold the device in place. Next, Kingsley would
place a camera somewhere on the machine so that its focus would be on the
keypad. Whenever an ATM user swiped his card, the scanner would capture the
details while the camera would record the PIN as the customer keyed it in.
Once the customer stepped out, Kingsley would go inside,
fetch the card reader and camera, and clone the card with the details. Then he
would swipe the cloned card at other ATMs and withdraw money.
He would rather go stew his hide in an Asian prison, than use his tech brain to become the next Zuckerberg...
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