PUNE: A year-and-a-half after he was duped of Rs1.5 lakh by cybercrooks, a 57-year-old Prabhat Road resident fell for the same trap laid by the same fraudsters, this time losing Rs30,000.
The victim, currently retired, has worked at high positions in several private companies. According to a complaint lodged at the Deccan Gymkhana police station, the suspects, posing as bank officials, got in touch with him and told him they were going to refund the Rs1.5 lakh he had lost in November 2017. This way, they convinced him to share his debit card credentials — card number, CVV code and one-time passwords. When he checked his statement, he realized the fraudsters siphoned off Rs30,000 over five transactions on June 9.
“We have registered a cheating case against the unidentified telecallers as well as the unidentified bank account holders for cheating the man,” Senior police inspector Deepak Lagad of Deccan Gymkhana police station said.
In November 2017, the suspects called the complainant. “The caller asked the man about his debit card details, which he shared. He also shared OTPs that he got on his cellphone, following which the suspects stole Rs1.5 lakh,” Lagad said.
The man has since done rounds of the police station to track the progress of his complaint, prompting the police to counsel him on cybercrime and how to safely use ATM, debit, or credit cards, Lagad said.
The victim, currently retired, has worked at high positions in several private companies. According to a complaint lodged at the Deccan Gymkhana police station, the suspects, posing as bank officials, got in touch with him and told him they were going to refund the Rs1.5 lakh he had lost in November 2017. This way, they convinced him to share his debit card credentials — card number, CVV code and one-time passwords. When he checked his statement, he realized the fraudsters siphoned off Rs30,000 over five transactions on June 9.
“We have registered a cheating case against the unidentified telecallers as well as the unidentified bank account holders for cheating the man,” Senior police inspector Deepak Lagad of Deccan Gymkhana police station said.
In November 2017, the suspects called the complainant. “The caller asked the man about his debit card details, which he shared. He also shared OTPs that he got on his cellphone, following which the suspects stole Rs1.5 lakh,” Lagad said.
The man has since done rounds of the police station to track the progress of his complaint, prompting the police to counsel him on cybercrime and how to safely use ATM, debit, or credit cards, Lagad said.
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