A SUPERMARKET chain says it’s had no reports of problems with the ATMs at its Dumbarton store after a shopper claimed he’d fallen victim to a card cloning scam at one machine.

Matthew Frearson, 25, claimed his card was cloned at an ATM outside the Asda store at the St James Retail Park and that scammers had defrauded him out of hundreds of pounds as a result.

But Asda said it had checked the machines and was not aware of any problems – and it’s understood no report has been made to police.

Mr Frearson said: “I used one of the cash machines outside Asda in Dumbarton on the 16th, and didn’t think anything of it as everyone takes money out.

“I’m usually careful with cash machines and check for card skimmers but this time I didn’t as I was distracted talking to my sister.

“Last Thursday I got a notification from my banking app saying I had spent £210.32 in the Three store in Glasgow which I hadn’t.

“When I phoned Bank of Scotland they confirmed it was a physical card that had been used in the Three store, and they had blocked multiple charges including £400 in the Samsung store, £290 at Dress For Less, £30 on Just Eat and £30 on Dominos - all of them failing apart from the Three charge.

“The bank confirmed over the phone it was most likely a cloned card as it was a physical card showing on their system that was used in Three and Samsung.”

Asda said it had received “no complaints” about the store’s ATM machines.

A spokesperson added: “We have had no other complaints, no conversations with the police and after having checked the ATMs, it doesn’t appear that there is any issue currently with the ATMs at this store.”