DUBAI A week after XPRESS reported how fraudsters in Vietnam hacked into a Filipino expat’s bank account 60 times in seven days to steal more than Dh20,000, another shocking story has to come to light.
This time the victim, Indian Suriksha Menon, 29, claims fraudsters hacked into her account five times in a matter of hours on November 9 from Canada to drain out over Dh10,000 from her UAE bank. More than a month after the incident, the woman from Pune says she is still clueless how her account’s security details were compromised.
“That surprises me to no end. I never travelled outside the region, forget going to Canada and neither do I have any friend, family or acquaintance in that country,” says Menon who is a procurement officer at a sub-contracting company. “It is a clear case of fraud no doubt and the bank has even acknowledged it but sadly it’s been almost a month since I have heard anything from them. The last time I managed to speak to a manager, I was told that I won’t hear anything from them until March 22 next year.”
However a day after XPRESS wrote to the bank seeking a comment, the money was credited back to Menon’s account.
