Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) has blocked ATM and credit card transactions in nine East European countries, including Bulgaria.
An electronic statement has been sent to its customers warning them that the bank will stop any transactions on its cards in those countries, after apparently falling victim of an ATM scam.
The countries on the list, besides Bulgaria, are Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldavia, Romania, Serbia-Montenegro and Slovenia.
The move comes in line with similar actions from other banks following the recently revealed fraud.
The skimmers are believed to have moved outside the UAE, the online edition Gulf News informed. Hackers are now trying to siphon out money by using the stolen information through their overseas operations.
A DIB official was quoted as saying the bank did not specify a time frame to restore normal card transactions again.