The credit card fraud has become quiet common in this era where technology is changing every second day. Recently a woman has been caught in Chennai for carrying out transactions with a credit card that did not belonged to her.

The police arrested the lady when she was tried to purchase gold jewellary worth Rs 1.2 lakh by providing a fake credit card. At the same she also showed a fake driving license as a proof of her address.

However the fraud was suspected by the employees of Saravana Gold Jewellery where the accused had come to make the transactions. Deputy Commissioner of Police, S Muthusami informed that the shop employees called the bank before honouring the ICICI Visa card in the name of Fatima, produced to make the payment.

The lady informed the police that the card was given to her by a man named Sasidhar, who promised to pay her a commission of Rs 3,000 for making the purchase. She said that she had met the man in a shopping mall and he called her up from a public telephone booth and further asked to meet at a certain place.

The police further told that the woman had three credit cards but she was caught in the first transactions only. The card she produced at the jewellery shop was originally issued to man called Gawtham in Mumbai. A conformation with the credit card fraud wing of the bank told the name of the original cardholder.

The real name of the lady carrying out the fraud is Pavithra and is living in Chrompet.

Earlier also many credit card frauds have been carried in jewellery shops.