Card skimming thieves have stolen almost £500 from one victim at the Lozells Road Post Office and are believed to have stolen money from more victims
Card skimming thieves have struck at the L:ozells Post Office in Lozells Road stealing almost £500 from one victim and there are believed to be more victims (Image: Google )
Thieves have stolen hundreds of pounds from one victim and are suspected of stealing more after targeting a cashpoint outside a Birmingham Post Office.
The thieves are believed to have placed a device over the card slot in the cashpoint at the Lozells Post Office in Lozells Road last Thursday, (May 29).
They have then stolen cards, obtained PIN numbers and used the cards to withdraw cash.
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Shakil Ahmed said his brother was caught by the scam after one of the thieves beckoned him to use the machine.
His brother put his card in but could not get it out. One of the suspected thieves told him it was stuck.
He later realised the two had used his card to make two withdrawals, one for £251 and another for £201.
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Shakil told BirminghamLive: “My brother was actually waiting behind one of the men at the cashpoint.
“He let my brother go and use the machine.
“We now know he has a device on it, and when you put your card in, the screen went blank.
“A guy at the bus stop said ‘it’s probably got stuck in the machine’.
“They took the card and made the withdrawals, taking over £450.
“While my brother was in the Post Office, he got a notification that money had come off the card.
“My brother rang the fraud department of his bank and notified them. They have sent him a form.
“We asked for the CCTV footage and the man who had been in front of my brother’s number of cards on him and had been trying them.”
The two men were wearing caps and Covid-style face masks.
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Shakil described his brother, who lives in Lozells, as ‘vulnerable’, having fallen and broken his shoulder and cheekbone, and was unable to use one of his arms.
He said: “My brother was quite distressed to be honest.
“I went straight down there and when we got back he started crying.
“He hasn’t been well after falling about a month ago. And has had to go back in hospital.
“The man had a lot of cards on him. You could actually see the guy taking the cards out of his pocket on the CCTV footage.
“I drove around looking for them but it’s a good thing I never caught them.
“I was fuming. These people need to be taught a lesson.”
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A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “We’re investigating a reported theft from a cash machine on Lozells Road on Thursday 29 May.
“Investigators are trawling though CCTV from around the area, and we remain in contact with the person who reported the theft.
“We would urge anyone with information about this to contact us on 101 quoting 20/257766/25.”