POLICE ALERT: Card Cloning Cases On The Rise {Full Thread}

There is an increase in the number of fraud cases through card cloning and online banking. Criminals are targeting pensioners or people with large sums of money in their accounts.

Recently a Victoria Falls man lost ZWL$19 685.05 after he received a call from +263864479973 with the caller claiming to be a bank employee.

The caller was armed with all information concerning the man and he requested his pin number and asked him to confirm through SMSs on his cellphone. Within a short space of time, money had been withdrawn from his account.

We encourage the public not to respond to SMSs from unknown bank officials or divulge their passwords over the phone.