JAIPUR: A woman was duped Rs 1.6 lakh after she shared her credit card details with a person who called claiming to be from the bank. A case was registered at cyber police station. Police have managed to recover Rs 40,000, but the remaining amount was yet to be recovered.
The transactions happened on February 7, but the complainant lodged the case on Tuesday.
“The complainant claimed that she had given an application in the bank to discontinue her credit card. She received a call saying her credit card details would be required to discontinue it. She gave the card details and when a one-time password was generated, she shared it with the accused. Two mobile apps were used by the accused to debit the money,” said an officer of the cyber police station. While approximately Rs 1 lakh was taken out in one transaction, the remaining amount was taken using another app.
“We are trying to recover the remaining amount as well though delay in lodging the case does hamper investigations. We do not know why the complainant did not come to us sooner, but we are making all possible efforts to recover the money,” added the officials.
According to officials, most of such calls originated from West Bengal and few from Jharkhand. The accused hack into phones of targets and get their account details after the calls are made.
The transactions happened on February 7, but the complainant lodged the case on Tuesday.
“The complainant claimed that she had given an application in the bank to discontinue her credit card. She received a call saying her credit card details would be required to discontinue it. She gave the card details and when a one-time password was generated, she shared it with the accused. Two mobile apps were used by the accused to debit the money,” said an officer of the cyber police station. While approximately Rs 1 lakh was taken out in one transaction, the remaining amount was taken using another app.
“We are trying to recover the remaining amount as well though delay in lodging the case does hamper investigations. We do not know why the complainant did not come to us sooner, but we are making all possible efforts to recover the money,” added the officials.
According to officials, most of such calls originated from West Bengal and few from Jharkhand. The accused hack into phones of targets and get their account details after the calls are made.
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