Credit card Scam in India

CHINESE NATIONAL CAUGHT IN CREDIT CARD SCAM

The card fraud in India though less compared with other Asian countries is still facing serious issues regarding the Credit card scam without exceptions. On October 15th Man claiming to be from Singapore tried to purchase Jewels in a Jewelry shop at Purasawalkam , Chennai and the Card machine rejected the Transaction due to insufficient Credit limit and the Person told the shopkeepers that he will come the next day and pay for the Jewels in cash and get it collected. The Guy, next day went to the shop with more Credit cards which alerted the Shopkeeper and the latter in turn informed the Police.

The Card seemed to be issued by Standard Chartered and when the Bank official when spoke to the Original Card holder found that he had not come to India and the Card was with him. Commissioner of Police T.Rajendran along with his special team with specific clues apprehended the suspect T.Tankohyu aged 28 who was staying in a hotel on the Armenian Road. Police seized four fake credit cards along with Mobile phones and he claimed that he got the cards from Malaysia on payment.

Sources in the Central Crime Branch said efforts were on to know whether Tankohyu had come alone or with some accomplices. “Steps will be taken through diplomatic channels to take legal action against the suspects in Malaysia who supplied the fake credit cards. We are probing the modus operandi of the gang and its nexus with criminals in other countries,” a police official added.

CARD FRAUD IN CHENNAI
Chennai police averted a credit card scam following the arrest of a man settled in Mumbai and whose native is Coimbatore, when he tried to purchase from a shop here at T Nagar, Chennai.
The person turned out to be Mohammed Javeed aged 44 and his accomplice Rao alias Salam alias Hitla sha(35) both of them were asked to remain a while in the shop by the shopkeepers when the sophisticated credit card swiping machine revealed that the card holder is a resident of United Kingdom. One of the Employee over there called the local police and he was arrested immediately.

Following the information got from Javeed, police raided his room in Triplicane Mansion and recovered 28 fake credit cards and three Mobile phones. The accused claims that he got the cards from agents in Mumbai who in turn collected them from UK.