A woman left social media users horrified after she shared how thieves allegedly stole her phone at the Mall of Africa before helping themselves to all her money via her banking app last week Thursday.
The woman claimed that she was at the Mall of Africa when her phone disappeared inside a store, the suspect moved quickly to disable the Apple iPhone’s tracker before hacking the victim’s banking app.
The woman shared on social media how her iPhone was stolen from her handbag while she was in the store and how she went to the ATM to block her card and went to report her phone stolen. She naturally assumed the worst was over but when she went to the bank to get a new bank card, the consultant informed her that her bank account was empty. The official confirmed that her money had been accessed through her banking app on her stolen cellphone.
“The consultant assisting me says but there’s no money in your account. I tell him there is because I had money in my account, I had some savings and I got paid so my salary had reflected on Thursday evening. He shows me the accounts have been cleaned out. Literally R0. 00 on all. I’m in disbelief at this point because there’s no way. He tells me all the money was transferred using my banking app, into another account that was opened on the same Thursday, then withdraw at an Atm at Mall of Africa still,” she said.
She concluded her tale saying that the bank is investigating the case and that she could get her money refunded.
Sources: MSN, World News
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