An elderly person who falls for the motoboy scam will be eligible to receive approximately R$4,500 stolen from their Bradesco account following the scam. The decision was handed down by the São Paulo Court of Justice (TJ-SP) on July 22.
The 78-year-old man, a resident of Limeira (São Paulo), was wanted by scammers in December last year. in search, youA bogus Bradesco clerk told him that a purchase worth R$1,900 was registered in his name and asked for the card to be returned.it would have been cloned, plus the password to lock it.
Unsuspecting of fraud, the pensioner gave the card to the motoboy who went to his house, and from there unnecessary withdrawals began on his checking account. Several transactions were made within two days, which is a 4,553 BRL loss.
Victim after fraud motoboy coup He sued the court, claiming that the transfer, withdrawal and payment limit provided by Bradesco was less than the amount withdrawn. However, the claim for compensation was initially denied.
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Defense lawyers appealed and were able to obtain a right to reimbursement by the bank. Judge Ricardo Truite Alves stated in the new ruling that the victim’s situation was “strange” due to his age, and that it was not possible to request the same degree of technical information from a younger person.
In addition, the magistrate said he did not provide evidence that the bank had warned the customer of the possibility of a fraud. despite the determination refund of stolen account amountalves denied the claim for moral compensationas there is no off-balance sheet loss according to him.
Several similar cases have been recorded this year, such as a Banco do Brasil customer who was also the victim of a motoboy scam and was entitled to R$11,000 in compensation. scam on whatsapp. Another bank that justice condemned was Nubank, which had to pay compensation to its customer whose mobile phone was stolen.
Source: Tec Mundo
