Lost and found in Italy: A terrific experience and the lesson learnt
On a good and early summer in Italy, traveling from Porta Nuova to San Marino, in Turin, on Tram 4, I encountered the most grim and ghastly experience of my entire life.
On this populous jaunt, a fraudster craftily robbed my wallet which had cards bearing identifying data and debit cards. As I stepped off Tram 4, my smartphone rattled with notification(s) of money being debited from both my Indian debit card and Italian debit card. The crafty criminal began to use my contactless debit cards, and within 7 minutes made over 40 transactions of 2500INR (the minimal amount that can be withdrawn without the need of a pin number) and I suffered exorbitant monetary loss.
Lifeless and discomposed for a split second, I was attempting to digest these ersatz transactions; I instantly calle