Bank card scam exposed in Ningbo

By Tom Qian  |   2009-5-22  |     NEWSPAPER EDITION

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DOZENS of people have had money skimmed from their bank accounts with one man losing 152,200 yuan (US$22,251) in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province.

The scam came to light when China UnionPay sent the victims text messages late at night on May 9 saying money had been deducted from their accounts, Qianjiang Evening News reported yesterday.

On Wednesday, eight of the victims went to an Agriculture Bank of China branch in Ningbo and asked that their money be returned.

The vice president of the branch, surnamed Hu said the bank could only return the money after police solved the case.

Hu said the case involved five banks in two cities.

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