3 lose Rs 3.80L in online fraud

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 20

Three persons in the city fell prey to online fraud and were duped to the tune of Rs 3.80 lakh.

The complainant, Umakant Tewari, a resident Mohali, reported that an unknown person called him posing as a bank executive from State Bank of India, Sector 9, Chandigarh.

The caller took the entire information of Tewari’s ATM card on the pretext of activating a new debit card. The complainant was duped of Rs 74,508.

A case has been registered under relevant Sections at Sector 3 police station.

In another incident, Aruna Diwan, a resident of Sector 43, Chandigarh, lost Rs 74,980 to the scamsters.

Diwan reported that an unknown person called her and asked her to update KYC of Paytm wallet. The caller asked her to add Rs one to the Paytm wallet.

The police said as soon Aruna added the said amount to the wallet, money from her account was withdrawn through multiple transactions. A total Rs 74,980 was siphoned off from her account.

The police have registered a case against an unknown person at Sector 36 police station.

In the third incident, an amount of Rs 2.29 lakh was transferred from a Maloya resident’s bank account.

According to the police, complainant Jyoti reported that an unknown person called on his mobile phone and introduced himself as a bank executive.

The caller enquired about the Aadhaar card, ATM card and OTP details. The complainant, assuming it to be a call from the bank, shared the entire information. Later, the victim found that Rs 2.29 lakh was withdrawn from her bank account.

A case has been registered at Maloya police station in this regard under relevant Section of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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