Cyber fraud: Man duped of Rs1.48L

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, December 5

A 33-year-old man was duped of Rs1.48 lakh in a phishing attack after the caller claimed to allegedly activate his SBI credit card.

Victim Jatin Dhiman said that he received a call from the fraudster who posed as a customer service executive and called him from two unknown numbers (09639085793 and 07582070675) on Wednesday around 6 pm. The caller claimed that the activation of a credit card with high credit limit was done through back hand system.

“To gain my trust, the cyber scammers read out my details that I had submitted while applying for the credit at the main branch of SBI, near Skylark Chowk. From the 16-digit account number to my father’s name, the caller had all my personal details that were enough to convince me. The caller also asked me if I wanted to activate some domestic and international services to which I refused. Later, he asked me the card digits and the OTP received by me. I followed the instructions and afterwards I got a message on my registered phone number that I have exhausted 80 per cent of my credit limit. I dialled both the number to enquire, but to no avail. Consequently, I called SBI customer care to register my complaint,” said Dhiman, a resident of Old Jawahar Nagar, Ladowali road. He today approached the Commissioner of Police and registered a written complaint. The complaint has been forwarded to the cyber cell.