Telecaller dupes SBI card holder of Rs 1.4L

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, October 20

A manager of a private company in the Industrial Area, Phase I, has been duped of Rs 1.4 lakh on the pretext of changing date of birth on the credit card by an unidentified woman, who claimed to be an employee of the State Bank of India (SBI).

In his complaint to the police, Sushil Kumar Mishra, a resident of Sector 14, stated that he had applied online to the bank for change in date of birth. He said on October 16, he had received a call from a woman claiming to be an SBI employee. She asked him details of the card and other information. Later, she told him to tell her the one-time password (OTP) which he would receive on his mobile phone. He said he got the OTP twice. As soon as he informed her the numbers, Rs 50,000 were debited from his account each time.

Mishra said the woman informed him that she was not able to correct the date of birth on the credit card and the same could be rectified by linking the same with credit card of another bank. He said he also gave the details of the credit card of Canara Bank and added that she again asked for the OTP number, which he gave her. Now, Rs 40,000 were debited from his account. 

The complainant said he had applied for the SBI credit card a few days ago at the Elante Mall.

On Mishra’s complaint, a case has been registered against the unidentified woman under Sections 420 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code at the Sector 14 police station.

It is pertinent to mention here that a few days ago, Meghna, a dental surgeon in civil dispensary, Sector 21, Panchkula, and wife of a Haryana Civil Services officer Sudhanshu Gautam, was duped of Rs 19,900 in a similar fashion. She had filed a complaint with the SBI that she had tried to withdraw Rs 34,600 from an ATM but failed to do so. She was duped by a caller who claimed to be an SBI employee and asked her an OTP she received.