Scammed! Young Man Loses Rs 68,500 in Cyber Fraud Case
Mangaluru: It’s indeed surprising to note that in spite of various news published in the media about cyber fraud cases, people are still not careful about being duped by scamsters – and here is yet another cyber fraud case, where a youth lost of Rs 68,500 after unidentified cyber thieves accessed his ATM card details. This young man made the biggest blunder by revealing all the details of his bank account when the scamster asked him, pretending to be the bank’s official rectifying his blocked ATM card.
According to Puttur police, the victim of this incident Karthik Shetty, a businessman, had received a call from a person claiming to be a bank official. The caller was able to convince Shetty that his ATM card was blocked and that it needs to be rectified. The scamster later asked for his card number, and within no time, Rs 10,000 was deducted from his account.
Shetty called back the number and inquired about the money deductions, to which the scamster calmly apologized, and said he would refund the same in a few minutes by asking for an OTP. Shetty without realizing that he was going to get cheated again, gave the OTP to the fake caller, after which money was again deducted from the account. At this moment, Shetty quickly acted fast and called the bank customer service representative to block his card to prevent any further losses.
Shetty then filed a complaint, and a case has now been registered in the Puttur Town police station in this regard- and further investigation on.