Beware of Bank Fraud: Woman Shares OTP 28 Times, Cheated of Rs 7 Lakh in Mumbai
3 Mobile SIM cards were being used to contact the banking fraud victim.
Mumbai, June 4: In a case of latest case of bank fraud, a 40-year-old woman from Nerul in Navi Mumbai was cheated of nearly Rs 7 lakh after she shared her one-time password 28 times in the past one-week with a fraudster who was posing as a bank official. The woman told the police that the concept of online banking is entirely new to her.
According to a Times of India report, the victim had a Rs 7.20 lakh in her account with a nationalised bank, she got a call from a 'banker' who told her that her card details been blocked due to some technical reasons and in order to unblock it, she was asked to share all the card details, including the CVV. Over a span of 7 days, the woman shared her OTP 28 times, and she has cheated of Rs 7 lakh.
Reportedly, police said the transactions were carried out in Mumbai, Noida, Gurugram, Kolkata and Bengaluru. 3 Mobile SIM cards were being used to contact the banking fraud victim.
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