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Time of India

Woman duped of 4.5L in online fraud

1 2 3 Pune: A 67-year-old woman from Aundh, who wanted a home service from her bank to activate her debit card, lost Rs4.47 lakh to cyber crooks recently. The crooks posed as her bank officials and sent her a link to activate the card. The woman filled in the details in the link, and the crooks siphoned the money from her bank account on May 3. The woman lodged a complaint with the Chatushrungi police on Thursday. An officer from the Chatushrungi police told TOI that the elderly woman wanted to activate her debit card. She was checking the contact number of her bank's home service. On May 3, she searched for a number on the internet and called that number. When the woman told the person on the other end about her issue and requirement for home service from the bank, he connected her with his senior officer. The 'senior officer' assured the woman that he would activate her debit card and told her to follow a process. He sent a link to the woman on her WhatsApp and instructed her to fill in the details. The woman filled in her name, internet user ID, and password and submitted it. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Sciatica & Back Pain? Try This New Breakthrough Device Glokore Learn More Undo He said that the woman received an OTP, but the person on the other end told her not to share the OTP with anyone. He told her that he would call her again after some time and disconnected the call. The person contacted her again in the evening and asked her about her husband's bank details. While talking to him, she received a message from her bank about the debit of Rs47,000 from her bank account. When the woman asked the person about it, he gave some vague answer and disconnected the call. The woman later found that Rs4 lakh more was debited from her bank account. The officer said the woman then informed her bank and froze her bank account. "She approached the police and lodged a complaint. We have sought the details of the transactions from her bank," the officer said. Pune: A 67-year-old woman from Aundh, who wanted a home service from her bank to activate her debit card, lost Rs4.47 lakh to cyber crooks recently. The crooks posed as her bank officials and sent her a link to activate the card. The woman filled in the details in the link, and the crooks siphoned the money from her bank account on May 3. The woman lodged a complaint with the Chatushrungi police on Thursday. An officer from the Chatushrungi police told TOI that the elderly woman wanted to activate her debit card. She was checking the contact number of her bank's home service. On May 3, she searched for a number on the internet and called that number. When the woman told the person on the other end about her issue and requirement for home service from the bank, he connected her with his senior officer. The 'senior officer' assured the woman that he would activate her debit card and told her to follow a process. He sent a link to the woman on her WhatsApp and instructed her to fill in the details. The woman filled in her name, internet user ID, and password and submitted it. He said that the woman received an OTP, but the person on the other end told her not to share the OTP with anyone. He told her that he would call her again after some time and disconnected the call. The person contacted her again in the evening and asked her about her husband's bank details. While talking to him, she received a message from her bank about the debit of Rs47,000 from her bank account. When the woman asked the person about it, he gave some vague answer and disconnected the call. The woman later found that Rs4 lakh more was debited from her bank account. The officer said the woman then informed her bank and froze her bank account. "She approached the police and lodged a complaint. We have sought the details of the transactions from her bank," the officer said.