PUNE: The Warje police on Friday booked a person on the charge of siphoning off Rs 1 lakh from the bank account of a 27-year-old woman by tricking her into downloading a remote access software on her cellphone.
The woman in her complaint stated that the suspect, posing as a call centre executive of a telecom company she is a customer of, had contacted her in June this year. The suspect told the woman that her SIM card would stop functioning if she did not complete her Know Your Customer (KYC) procedure soon.
“The fraudster told the woman to click on a link he had sent on her number to complete her KYC procedure. The woman opened the link and downloaded the software, which, in turn, gave the fraudster remote access to her device,” an officer from the Warje police said.
The officer said the person then asked the women to transfer Re1 to a contact number using her UPI application.
“Within a few minutes of transferring the amount, Rs1 lakh was debited from the woman’s bank account. The suspects had noted down her PIN for the debit card while she was transferring a rupee to the phone number provided by the suspect,” the officer added.