Indore: Cyber Crook Dupes Senior Citizen Of ₹9.3 lakh On Pretext Of Opening FD

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A senior citizen who searched the customer care number of a bank on the internet and made a phone call to open a fixed deposit account with the bank was duped of Rs 9.30 lakh.

DCP (crime) Rajesh Tripathi said that a retired senior citizen lodged a complaint that he had to open an FD account with a nationalized bank, so he searched for the customer care number of the bank on the internet.

He saw a number which he called and the person at the other end informed that he was a bank official. Later, the accused gained his trust and sent an APK file with a link and told him to download the same in the mobile phone.

After he downloaded it, he was told to enter the customer ID, name, account number and mobile number there. The conman confirmed that his FD request was taken and the bank would provide the FD account details soon.

After a few minutes, the complainant told the conman to cancel the FD request but he was informed that he could cancel it after he received a call from the bank.

The next day, he received a call from an unidentified number and told the caller to cancel the FD request but by then he had lost Rs 4.5 lakh and 4.8 lakh from his bank account. A case has been registered against the unidentified person and an investigation is on.