Cyber Crime! Fake SMS asking to Click on paytermredeem.com Leads Gurugram Business Woman To Lose Rs. 76,000
A businesswoman in Gurugram has been duped of Rs 76,000 after she clicked on a sent by a fraudster via SMS. The link led her to a form which asked her debit card details. After filling the details, the form stated that Rs 9,000 would be deducted from her ICICI account
Gurugram, August 20: In another incident of cybercrime, a businesswoman in Gurugram has been duped of Rs 76,000 after she clicked on a link sent by a fraudster via SMS. According to a report published in The Times of India, the link led her to a form which asked her debit card details. After filling the details, the form stated that Rs 9,000 would be deducted from her ICICI account if she failed to follow the instructions.
After some while, a total of over Rs 67,000 was withdrawn from her account in four online transactions. According to the report, Pooja Saxena, a resident of Sushant Lok 2, received an SMS from 'VM-NEWREG' on her mobile phone on Friday. The message contained a link - http://paytermredeem.com. Saxena in her police complaint mentioned that after filling the form, she received several SMSes stating that Rs 29,889, Rs 14,994, Rs 14,994 and Rs 7,472 had been transferred from her account using her debit card.
After receiving the messages, she immediately informed the bank's customer care about the unauthorised transactions. After her complaint, the bank blocked her card. According to the report, the FIR was registered in the case on Saturday based on Saxena's complaint under 379 (theft), 420 (cheating) of the IPC and 66 (sending false information by computer resource) and 66D (cheating by using computer resource) of IT Act.
In a similar incident, a retired banker was cheated of Rs 35 lakh by a woman, whom he befriended on Facebook. The woman introduced herself as Jenny Anderson from London and claimed to have owned a jewellery shop. In a bid to rescue her from immigration officials at Mumbai airport, the retired banker not only gave away Rs 13 lakh of his savings but also took a loan of Rs 22 lakh from private lenders.
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