Feb.06.2008

Japanese Bankers Association

Results of Survey on Illegal Withdrawals using Counterfeit Cash Cards

JBA surveyed its 187 member banks on the “Quantity and amount of withdrawals using counterfeit cash cards,” “Quantity and amount of illegal withdrawals using Internet banking” and other related topics. The findings, which are outlined in the tables below, were released on February 7.

Table 1 Withdrawals Using Stolen Passbooks
PeriodCasesAmount (million yen)
Apr. ~ Jun. 2003244804
Jul. ~ Sep. 2003183685
Oct. ~ Dec. 2003140246
Jan. ~ Mar. 2004107223
Apr. ~ Jun. 20045551
Jul. ~ Sep. 20048071
Oct. ~ Dec. 200480166
Jan. ~ Mar. 20055362
Apr. ~ Jun. 20057058
Jul. ~ Sep. 200545788
Oct. ~ Dec. 20056166
Jan. ~ Mar. 20064138
Apr. ~ Jun. 20064937
Jul. ~ Sep. 20064035
Oct. ~ Dec. 20064665
Jan. ~ Mar. 20074639
Apr. ~ Jun. 20075383
Jul. ~ Sep. 20074754
Oct. ~ Dec. 20074373

 

Table 2 Account Suspensions and Cancellations by Banks Due to Illegal Use
PeriodSuspendedCancelledTotal
Apr. ~ Jun. 2003733583 (320)996
Jul. ~ Sep. 20032,5121,749 (648)3,613
Oct. ~ Dec. 20036,1815,466 (2,489)9,158
Jan. ~ Mar. 20048,7928,039 (4,754)12,077
Apr. ~ Jun. 20047,7147,687 (4,974)10,427
Jul. ~ Sep. 200410,8588,555 (5,340)14,073
Oct. ~ Dec. 200412,9139,460 (8,549)13,824
Jan. ~ Mar. 200510,5807,700 (5,562)12,718
Apr. ~ Jun. 20059,7547,521 (6,778)10,497
Jul. ~ Sep. 20058,9178,707 (8,062)9,562
Oct. ~ Dec. 20059,9519,074 (8,410)10,615
Jan. ~ Mar. 200610,11813,763 (12,428)11,453
Apr. ~ Jun. 200610,2188,149 (7,476)10,891
Jul. ~ Sep. 200610,8528,257 (7,678)11,431
Oct. ~ Dec. 200611,7078,782 (8,168)12,321
Jan. ~ Mar. 20078,8297,434 (6,957)9,306
Apr. ~ Jun. 20079,7037,814 (7,150)10,367
Jul. ~ Sep. 20079,2296,885 (6,216)9,898
Oct. ~ Dec. 200711,5858,340 (7,945)11,980

*The figure in parentheses is the number of cancelled accounts which had previously been suspended.

Table 3 Withdrawals Using Counterfeit Cash Cards
PeriodCasesAmount (million yen)
FY2001119
FY2002416
FY2003106298
FY2004440969
FY2005606743
FY2006374365
Apr. ~ Jun. 200710168
Jul. ~ Sep. 20073030
Oct. ~ Dec. 2007229179

 

Table 4 Withdrawals Using Stolen Cash Cards
PeriodCasesAmount (million yen)
Oct. ~ Dec. 20051,388921
Jan. ~ Mar. 20061,391786
Apr. ~ Jun. 20061,297653
Jul. ~ Sep. 20061,207615
Oct. ~ Dec. 20061,211598
Jan. ~ Mar. 2007932384
Apr. ~ Jun. 2007869384
Jul. ~ Sep. 2007846363
Oct. ~ Dec. 2007714270

 

Table 5 Illegal Withdrawals Using Internet Banking
PeriodCasesAmount (million yen)
Apr. ~ Jun. 200521
Jul. ~ Sep. 20051312
Oct. ~ Dec. 20051613
Jan. ~ Mar. 200684
Apr. ~ Jun. 2006412
Jul. ~ Sep. 20061513
Oct. ~ Dec. 20061714
Jan. ~ Mar. 20073119
Apr. ~ Jun. 20074157
Jul. ~ Sep. 20075748
Oct. ~ Dec. 2007529