Fraudster siphons off Rs 32,989 from Tirupur man’s account

Coimbatore: The Tirupur city police arrested a 28-year-old Salem resident for cheating a Tirupur native of Rs 32,989.
Police identified the accused as V Dinesh of Dadagapatti in Salem district. “He had called M Perumal of RVE Nagar in Tirupur a few days ago, claiming to be from the SBI credit card section. He told Perumal that he would help to upgrade his credit card limit and give Rs 10,000 cash back. He asked Perumal to provide his credit card details and one-time password. Believed his words, Perumal shared the details,” a police officer said.
Perumal realised that he was cheated when he received an SMS saying that Rs 32,989 was deducted from his account. He immediately approached the bank manager and lodged a complaint with the Tirupur city cybercrime cell.
Two police teams were formed to crack the case. The teams traced the phone number of the caller and arrested Dinesh on Saturday. They seized four mobile phones and 13 SIM cards from him.
Dinesh had used the money stolen from Perumal’s account to place online orders, the officer said. “He had used the same modus operandi to cheat people in Coimbatore, Madurai and Chennai. He was remanded in judicial custody.”