Eight ATM cards were found on a 32-year old man, Mohammed Kabir, of Sabon Titin Kwado, Katsina. He has been arrested by the police in Katsina State after the Automated Teller Machine cards belonging to separate banks were found in his possession. He was alleged to be using the ATM cards to defraud unsuspecting bank customers.
Kabir, who was caught on Wednesday within the premises of a first generation bank along the IBB Way, Katsina, told Northern City News that someone introduced him to the “business” about six months ago.
He said he hung around ATM points and scooped out numbers printed on the ATM cards of unwary customers.
“At times, I would pretend to assist unsuspecting customers, who did not know how to operate the ATM machines, and in the process of doing so, swap their cards with fake ones,” he confessed.
Kabir refused to disclose how much he had made from the act before his arrest.
