Puluko Moyo, who runs a thriving farm in Matabeleland South
and supplies meat to local retail shops, told B- Metro that he got the shock of
his life after a till operator at a local supermarket told him that there was no
money in his bank account.
“Last week on Friday I intended to buy groceries at a big
chain supermarket but I got shocked after a till operator told me that there
were no funds in the bank account. It was a shocker because there was more than
$280 000 in the bank account,” he said.
Moyo said what shocked him more was that he had not shared
his pin number with anyone.
“I’m the only one who uses the card and no one knows my pin
number, even my wife does not know it. After that I had to report the matter at
Bulawayo Central Police Station, but until now they have not yet apprehended
the person who withdrew my money,” said the dejected Moyo.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube
confirmed the incident.
“We are investigating a case of fraud where a local
businessman discovered that an unknown person had withdrawn $280 000 from his
bank account. Members of the public are urged to swiftly report to a bank any
anomaly to their bank card or when they discover that someone has tampered with
their bank account or when they have lost a pin number,” he said.
Moyo said he reported the matter to his bank. “The bank
manager checked the bank statement and confirmed that my money was withdrawn
from the bank account. We then checked the CCTV and it showed a man who was
wearing a worksuit and big hat which partially obscured his face buying goods.
The man tried by all means to avoid the camera as such we could not recognise
his face,” he said.
He said he has since had his card blocked. B Metro
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