ArmInfo. Swindling transactions were initiated today in the morning via a number of VTB (Armenia) cards (up to 200 hundred). These transactions were made during a short period of time from abroad. The bank has taken corresponding measures and further attempts were stopped.
The press-service of VTB (Armenia) informs that SMS messages were sent to all those clients who had activated SMS notification on every transaction. Consequently all the clients have been informed about their transactions and if they see transactions, which they have not made they should apply to the bank. Currently VTB Bank (Armenia) has studied all the transactions made within last several hours and blocked the discredited cards.
The bank officially states that these swindling transactions were caused not by technical reasons and the swindling was done outside the bank. The bank's infrastructure operates as per normal.
In such cases, if it turns out that in the morning on March 3 the swindlers have transferred money from the client's card, the bank will compensate to the client for all the lost sums.