Dual theft leaves man bankrupt

A Saudi man whose bank cash card was stolen by unknown thieves in a public place himself gave them the password without knowing he was a victim of a dual theft operation.

The Saudi was shopping in a vegetable market when two unknown men pretending to be shoppers started talking to him.

When he slipped his hand into his pocket to pay for the vegetable, his purse was gone and he quickly realized he has been stolen.

The shocked man began to look in all directions in the hope he would see those two when another man came to him.

“He told me not to worry as he knew those two men….but he asked me to give him the pin number for my ATM card so he can quickly phone the bank and disable the card,” the Saudi said.

“Amidst the confusion, I gave him the password at once…I later realized that this man was just one of the thieves.”

In its report from the central town of Majmaa, Alriyadh newspaper said the man reported to the police that the thieves withdrew SR5,000 from his bank account before emptying the remaining SR20,000 by transferring the funds to another account.