Two men were arrested for swindling cash from a realtor’s credit card bank account after collecting the latter’s banking details posing as a bank official at Chembarambakkam.
Chennai: The arrested were identified as Rouster deSilva, 25, of Kovalam and Thiruvandhan, 42, of Vasaravakkam.
The 54-year-old victim Chandrasekhar, a resident of Chembarambakkam had received a call from a man posing as a representative of SBI credit card division and after promising to enhance his reward points asked him to share the credit card details and the OTP he had received. Believing the caller, he gave it only to know later that an online transaction of Rs 64,000 has been carried out using his card.
During the inquiry by Ambattur cyber crime team, it was found that the money from Chandrasekhar’s account has gone to a digital wallet and from there to two bank accounts. One account was in Noida and the other in Chennai. A further probe led to the two suspects and police said that they are on the lookout for a few more suspects connected to this case. The arrested two were remanded in judicial custody.
The 54-year-old victim Chandrasekhar, a resident of Chembarambakkam had received a call from a man posing as a representative of SBI credit card division and after promising to enhance his reward points asked him to share the credit card details and the OTP he had received. Believing the caller, he gave it only to know later that an online transaction of Rs 64,000 has been carried out using his card.
During the inquiry by Ambattur cyber crime team, it was found that the money from Chandrasekhar’s account has gone to a digital wallet and from there to two bank accounts. One account was in Noida and the other in Chennai. A further probe led to the two suspects and police said that they are on the lookout for a few more suspects connected to this case. The arrested two were remanded in judicial custody.
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