A senior citizen, who had lost Rs 91,200 to a KYC fraud in May this year, got his entire amount back on Tuesday, thanks to speedy reporting of the crime and sustained efforts by the cops over the last two months. The police are now trying to trace and apprehend the accused.
According to the Dindoshi police, the complainant, an 82- year-old resident of Malad, received a call on May 24. The caller claimed that he was calling from his bank and needed to update his KYC details, and sent him a link.
“The complainant opened the link and entered sensitive information like netbanking login details. Immediately, Rs 91,200 was debited from his account,” said assistant police inspector Vijay Pawar, who heads the Cyber Cell at the Dindoshi police station.
The elderly immediately lodged a complaint and the police promptly sent an official request to the complainant’s as well as the offender’s bank, based on which the account to which the money had been debited was frozen.
