Over Rs. 01 bn swindled through online scams; CB fails to take action: MP

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By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera

Parliament, May 07 (Daily Mirror)- The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has failed to act swiftly to stop financial scams operating online, allowing fraudsters to swindle about one billion rupees from over 1,000 account holders, Parliamentarian Gamini Waleboda said today.

The MP told Parliament that on April 25 he had revealed in Parliament that a scam was being operated online to transfer money from current and savings accounts to other accounts using mobile apps and that neither the Central Bank nor the Finance Ministry had taken any steps regarding the scam so far.

He said the CBSL had only issued a notice to the public on the scam yesterday.

The MP said money from accounts had been transferred to a local private bank and then some of that money had been converted into crypto currency and taken out of the country.

He said the scammers publish notices for attractive online offers and services leading to mobile device users inadvertently clicking on unknown links and downloading malicious apps.

The MP said the Central Bank and the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) must act upon this as the banks and customers can hardly do anything about this matter.

Comments - 11

Lo Tuesday, 07 May 2024 01:42 PM

This may have been done with the support of some politics and if drug can come to the country with some political support why not this could have been done with some political support

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BuffaloaCitizen Tuesday, 07 May 2024 01:43 PM

The Central Bank is a place that pays highest wages of the country and have Staff who equally do nothing pertaining towards their qualifications and high wages. They are simply dicks and holes having the best times of their lives.

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Nodaking kalakanni Tuesday, 07 May 2024 01:47 PM

First let’s investigate ranils bond scam and then go on to investigate the king scammers the rajapaksas.

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Sleazy president and his goons Tuesday, 07 May 2024 01:49 PM

What about the fraudsters within the country? They are called politicians.

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Sambo Tuesday, 07 May 2024 02:04 PM

Our Central bank and it's employees are incompetent in taking any action but only increase their salries. There were so many finance companies that swindled public but they were sleeping.

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Sokrates Tuesday, 07 May 2024 02:13 PM

It always takes two to make a scam. A fraudster and a greedy stupid person, of which there are many in Sri Lanka.

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Shehan Fernando Tuesday, 07 May 2024 02:26 PM

Sri Lanka public are very gullible and can be easily lured in to committing their wealth for extra returns, This applies in financial and political arena . Regulators are helpless as the public have no common sense and have been so from 1948 or 1818.

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Shera Tuesday, 07 May 2024 02:50 PM

These kinds of scams are everywhere. Banks should educate and notify their customers the same way the scammers publicize their scams. If you have a bank account you are also responsible to educate yourself on these things to protect your money.

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navi Tuesday, 07 May 2024 08:23 PM

Nandalal and his Employees are intoxicated with exorbitant salaries they receive and hence no time to focus on Online scams.

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Economic disaster Wednesday, 08 May 2024 04:06 PM

Onmax Dt is the number one scam in this pyramid scheme, Many have fallen for that trap, CBSL was sleeping!

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What has the Cental Bank got to do with this? Wednesday, 08 May 2024 04:38 PM

Banks are responsible to provide security to deposits made by customers. Unfortunately, some bank staff themselves indulge in fraudulent transaction of its customers. The staff may get some benefit through these transfers is no secret. Banks also freeze dormant accounts to protect customers money is no secret.

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