Be alert! Using your birth date as an ATM password could cost you. Andheri police recently arrested a 33-year-old man for stealing ATM cards and using the cardholders’ birth dates, obtained from social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, to guess their ATM passwords. The accused successfully withdrew money from three different bank accounts using this method. 

The arrested accused, identified as Vinod Devanlal Patle, 33, is a resident of Manpada in Thane, originally from Haryana. Police recovered 149 ATM cards from Patle. He was traced through footage from 250 CCTV cameras and apprehended in Thane.