Mira-Bhayandar: Despite a negative experience of losing more than Rs 10,000, a 45-year-old driver from Mira Road fell prey to the evil designs of cyber-fraudsters who siphoned-off Rs 79,000 from his bank account under the guise of reverting back the amount which he had lost earlier.
In his statement to the police the complainant who lives in Mira Road said that Rs 10,449 was debited from his ATM card without his knowledge in October-2024. He registered a complaint with the bank and was regularly following up with the concerned officials.
More than a month later, he received a call from a person who identified himself as a representative of the bank and under the guise of helping him get a refund, asked him to download the customer care application on his mobile and enter details of an alternate bank account.
The complainant initially refused but complied after the cyber crook again called him on the following day. Immediately after he entered crucial bank details, Rs 79,008 got deducted from his account via two fraudulent withdrawal transactions.
He immediately dialled 1930-the helpline number for the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) and registered a complaint which was later forwarded to the Kashigaon police station and an offence under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and Information Technology Act, 2000 was registered on Wednesday (19, February) against the cyber fraudsters.
The complainant got some relief after he received a refund of Rs 8,850 out of the Rs 10,000 which had been earlier debited from his ATM card. Officials from the Kashigaon police station are investigating the case.
