A Dubai man has lost over Dh20,000 after his bank account was hacked as many as 60 times in a matter of a weekFraud Victim
Fraud Victim
He came to know about the withdrawals when he tried to withdraw money himself. He got an error saying that there was a lack of funds in his account when he tried to make a withdrawal from an ATM. Assuming it to be a system error, he tried to withdraw money from five different ATMs. When the ATM after ATM gave him the same message repeatedly, he felt that something was wrong. He immediately went home to check the balance in his account. He froze when he realized what had happened. Following is a statement Filipino made to the press: The bank said they would get back to me within three weeks but in reality I am yet to hear from them and it’s almost going to be a month. Our Christmas plans have been ruined for no fault of mine as I have had to borrow money from friends to survive these difficult days. All this has caused me and my family immense stress and I don’t know how long it will be before I get back my hard-earned money, if at all.” XPRESS has a copy of Agustin’s bank statements that show these transactions were made in Vietnam, in places like Ho Chi Minh and Bình Phuoc province. The bank has not given a statement till the time of writing of this article.
