Gang Used Fevikwik In ATMs To Cheat People, Arrested From Patna Express
A criminal gang in Maharashtra was arrested for using adhesive to jam ATM card slots to steal banking information and money from unsuspecting users. The police successfully apprehended the suspects in a pursuit aboard the Patna Express.
Why it matters
The incident highlights vulnerabilities in physical banking security and the creative methods used by criminals to exploit consumer trust.
Imagine you visit an ATM to withdraw some cash. You insert your card into the card slot and choose your preferred language, followed by your 4-digit Personal Identification Number (PIN) and the amount of cash you need. You collect the cash and move to complete the transaction by pulling out your debit card, but the card refuses to come out. It is stuck. What do you do?Gangsters in Kolsewadi in Maharashtra's Thane district used this helplessness to cheat people. The catch is, they created this helplessness.The Kolsewadi Police of Kalyan, Thane, have arrested a gang that allegedly cheated people by applying Fevikwik, an adhesive to ATM machines.The investigation has revealed that the gang would wait for people at ATM centres. They would apply Fevikwik to the card slot to get hold of the customers' ATM cards.Once the card was stuck and a user felt helpless, 'help' would arrive.
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