Coimbatore: A Peelamedu-based IT employee, who lost Rs 2.25 lakh in an online fraud, filed a complaint with the city’s cyber crime police on Tuesday.
J Antony Rajesh On Saturday, a link was received from an unknown number with a message that his SBI yono If the PAN number is not updated, the account will be blocked soon. He was asked to click on the link to provide PAN card details. He submitted all the details including his username, password and one time password only to lose the money in multiple instalments. The police have registered a case under sections of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and IPC section 420 (cheating).
In a similar incident, 28-year-old A Sampath Kumar, Ram Nagar In the city, on March 3, 75,000 were duped. A man pretending to be an SBI employee asked for his details to ‘increase his credit limit’. Kumar shared details including OTP only for losing money.
In another incident, 71-year-old R Subbaiah was duped by an unidentified person Rayar Nagar2.08 lakhs, when he visited SBI ATM In New Siddhapudur on 19th February. A man, posing as a bank employee, offered to help him. He withdrew 30,000 in three transactions and handed over the cash to Subbaiah. He also gave her an ATM card. When 2.08 lakh was withdrawn from his account in several installments the next week, Subbaiah realized that the man had kept his ATM card in his pocket. Cybercrime police is investigating the incident.
J Antony Rajesh On Saturday, a link was received from an unknown number with a message that his SBI yono If the PAN number is not updated, the account will be blocked soon. He was asked to click on the link to provide PAN card details. He submitted all the details including his username, password and one time password only to lose the money in multiple instalments. The police have registered a case under sections of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and IPC section 420 (cheating).
In a similar incident, 28-year-old A Sampath Kumar, Ram Nagar In the city, on March 3, 75,000 were duped. A man pretending to be an SBI employee asked for his details to ‘increase his credit limit’. Kumar shared details including OTP only for losing money.
In another incident, 71-year-old R Subbaiah was duped by an unidentified person Rayar Nagar2.08 lakhs, when he visited SBI ATM In New Siddhapudur on 19th February. A man, posing as a bank employee, offered to help him. He withdrew 30,000 in three transactions and handed over the cash to Subbaiah. He also gave her an ATM card. When 2.08 lakh was withdrawn from his account in several installments the next week, Subbaiah realized that the man had kept his ATM card in his pocket. Cybercrime police is investigating the incident.