Police investigate, discover the culprit is the 'ATM' at the bank

On April 28, 2017, Mr. Li in Qinggang County, Heilongjiang Province, China, suddenly received many text messages from the bank, informing him that his account was continuously deducted. This surprised Mr. Li because his bank card was always in his wallet. This man himself had never revealed his bank password to anyone. Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Mr. Li quickly went to the Investigation Police Department of Qinggang County Public Security to report the incident.

The police said that like Mr. Ly, two other men, Mr. Truong and Mr. Vuong, in the area, also encountered similar situations. All three had a total of 60,000 NDT (more than 208 million VND) "stolen". What was special was that when they went to the bank to check, they all discovered that their money had been withdrawn from abroad. Meanwhile, Mr. Ly, Mr. Vuong and Mr. Truong had never been abroad.

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Based on the clues they obtained, the police suspected that the three people might have been scammed. However, when investigating, all three said they had not received any calls from the scammers, nor had they provided any information or clicked on any strange links. After conducting a deeper investigation, the police discovered an extremely important clue. Accordingly, all three people had one thing in common: they had all withdrawn money from the ATM of the same bank in the area.

The police then quickly checked the surveillance cameras at the bank and discovered a suspicious man. He went to the ATM but did not withdraw money, but instead inserted something into the card slot and quickly left. More than an hour later, this person returned to the ATM to retrieve the object and left. That same day, Mr. Ly, Mr. Vuong and Mr. Truong all went to the ATM to withdraw money. As a result, their accounts were deducted one after another without any clear reason.

During the investigation of the case, the security guards of the relevant bank said that they discovered a mysterious device in the card slot of the ATM and turned it over to the police. After careful examination, the police determined that it was a device that copied bank card information. When the bad guys put this device in the card slot of the ATM, it can integrate with the ATM and proceed to read and copy all the bank card information when the depositor operates. In addition, this device also has a miniature surveillance camera, which can clearly record the password that the user enters on the ATM.

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With these important clues, the police made a plan and decided to use the suspicious man as "bait" to track down his accomplices. As a result, the four suspects, Khuong, Duong, Khong and Trinh, all fell into the trap and were arrested by the police.

After investigation, the police learned that the man surnamed Duong was the leader of this criminal gang. However, he was also just hired to work for another gang leader. According to the statement, this subject said that he came to Thanh Cuong to find a job and was accidentally added to an online group. From this group, they were hired by the administrator to install card readers on different ATMs in Heilongjiang province with a salary of 500 yuan/day (more than 1.7 million VND), including food and accommodation.

The suspects also confessed that after successfully copying users' bank card information, they would create their own cards to appropriate assets and make purchases or provide them to subjects abroad to carry out similar acts.

In addition to the cases of Mr. Li, Mr. Zhang and Mr. Wang, the police also discovered that the bank cards of 4 people in other cities in Heilongjiang Province were also "stolen" with large sums of money. The total loss was up to 30,000 yuan (more than 104 million VND). On May 23, 2017, the Head of the Investigation Police Team of the Qinggang District Public Security Bureau advised people to carefully check the card slots when withdrawing money from ATMs. At the same time, he reminded everyone that if they discover any unusual signs, they should immediately report to the police to avoid property damage and promptly prevent illegal acts.

(According to Chinanews)

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