A superintendent with the Central Items and Providers Tax (GST) division in Mumbai was duped of ₹1.91 lakh by a fraudster posing as a financial institution worker on Sunday.
The fraudster requested him to replace the KYC process.
The complainant, Srikumar Prasad, 50, was requested to obtain a ‘fast assist’ utility on his cellphone and to fill his financial institution credit score/debit card particulars. He then misplaced ₹1.91 lakh in seven transactions.
Prasad, a resident of Antop Hill space acquired a message from an unknown quantity round 9:30am on Sunday stating that his financial institution KYC is pending. “Whereas explaining the complete KYC course of the fraudster requested Prasad to obtain an utility, ‘Fast assist’ and to fill his credit score and debit card particulars in it. Prasad then shared the one time password with the accused and later ₹1.91 lakh have been debited from his account,” added police.
After three to 4 transactions Prasad acquired a name from his financial institution alerting him concerning the fraud. However, by then he had misplaced ₹1.91 lakh, mentioned a police officer. He then approached the Antop Hill police station and a case was registered below the related sections of the Indian Penal code and IT Act for dishonest. “We’ve been constantly interesting to the residents to by no means share their confidential banking particulars with anybody who claims to be a financial institution worker. The KYC replace will not be permitted on the cellphone and even financial institution workers should not permitted to ask any private particulars associated to a checking account”, mentioned a police officer.
