The gang impersonated the head office officials of various companies and called their showrooms to know the details of the customers who had transacted on a debit or credit card
File photo of credit card/Collected
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File photo of credit card/Collected
A team of Detective Branch (DB) Cyber (North) has arrested four people of a gang, including the mastermind, after investigating recent complaints of credit card scams in several areas of Dhaka.
The arrestees are Md Rezaul Matubbar, chairman of Kala Mridha union of Bhanga in Faridpur, Naeem Hossain, Didar Munshi and Md Zahidul Khan.
They were arrested from different places in Dhaka, Faridpur and Narayanganj on Friday.
There are five cases and several general diaries filed against them in different police stations of the capital. Police are working to determine who else is involved in the gang, said the DB official.
According to the DB Cyber, the gang would impersonate head office officials of various companies and call their showrooms to know the details of the customers who had transacted on a debit or credit card.
Showroom officials used to provide the information to the gang via WhatsApp, DB Cyber and Special Crime Additional Deputy Commissioner Fazlur Rahman told TBS on Sunday.
After receiving the information, they would call customers impersonating bank officials asking them to change the PIN code while…
