BDO Asks Card Holders To Immediately Report Alleged ATM Fraud
BDO Unibank Inc. was urging their clients who lose money due to skimming of hijacked ATM machines to immediately report any alleged ATM fraud.
On Friday (June 16, 2017), the largest lender in the country received some reports of alleged bank fraud. There are some posts in the social media showing how some bank account holders lost money due to skimming or copying of account details and information through hijacked ATM machines.
Depositors were advised by the bank management to report potentially compromised ATMs, so the bank could conduct a further investigation regarding the unauthorized and anomalous bank transactions.
“Customers with unauthorized transactions may reach out to the bank via formal channels so that their cases may be properly investigated and were confirmed as impacted,” said by the bank in a statement quoted by ABS-CBN.
BDO, the bank owned by Henry Sy, one of the richest business tycoon in the country said that they were already doing their best to keep all accounts safe. The ATM fraud came a week after the BPI system glitch.
The potentially compromised ATMs of BDO is now being monitored by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Incoming central bank Governor Nestor Espenilla also said that e is already trying to identify the real problem.
Espenilla also said that he is willing to issue a statement once he already identifies the real problem.
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