Always keep your CREDIT CARD in sight, when you give it for swiping.
The accused used a card-reader to transfer the data on
to
a PC for making a duplicate credit card.They would Make Duplicates Of
Credit Cards Used By Customers At A Juhu Hotel
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mumbai:
The next time you decide to use your credit card on a shopping trip,
think again. The Mumbai police have busted a hi-tech credit card fraud
which they believe is the crime of the future. Four gadget-savvy
youngsters from Andheri, two of them software engineers, got together
to
earn a quick buck and ended up ripping off over Rs 3 lakh of citizens’
money. The four some were arrested by the Juhu police on Tuesday.
Interestingly, one of the boys was all set to leave for the United
States
for a job in a well placed computer firm.
According to the police, the mastermind of the gang is 19-year-old Leo
Paul. A second-year engineering student at a Bandra college, Paul had
read about a magnetic card-reading device which could store data once
you swipe a card through it. Data from at least 12 such cards could be
stored at a time. Paul realized that if credit cards were swiped
though
the machine, the personal data of a customer stored on it could be
accessed. He then teamed with Akash Kamble, a 19-year-old Lokhandwala
resident, and ordered the card-reader from USA, using the internet,
since it’s not available in India.
"The boys befriended a waiter at Kings International hotel at Juhu to
take their plan ahead. Every time someone ate a meal in the hotel and
paid by credit card, the waiter would discreetly swipe it through the
magnetic card-reader, which is no more than 6-inches long and can be
stored in the pocket,‘’ said investigating officer Ramesh Nangare.
Once the waiter was done, he would hand over the device to Paul who
would download the data from the cards on to Kamble’s personal
computer.
The duo would then feed the data into blank cards, available in the
grey
market. The cards were now ready to be used in shopping malls and
theatres, or to withdraw money from an ATM.
Senior inspector Pradeep Shinde said that the boys forged information
from more than 22 cards in this manner. The fraud came to light after
officials from HSBC bank complained to the police. The cops quizzed
customers whose cards had been duplicated and discovered they had all
visited Hotel Kings International and paid by credit card.
Investigators
then caught the waiter who led them to the four youngsters. Paul,
Kamble
and the two other collegians identified as Manoj Chauhan (24) and
Mahesh
Valani (20), have been remanded to police custody.
NEW-AGE CRIME
A portable magnetic card reader can store data from around a dozen
cards
that have been swiped through it; made in China, the device was bought
on the net for Rs 18,000. The card-reader is connected to a computer
and the entire data is transferred there. The data is then stored in
blank cards available in the grey market.
These duplicate cards can now be used to buy a fortune and also
withdraw
money from ATMs.
because you pay sood to the bank 
