Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (SS)

Mangaluru, Apr 18: A man was cheated by an unidentified caller who in the guise of being a banker took the OTP from the former and got the funds siphoned off from the complainant's bank account.

The complainant who had a bank account in Haleyangadi received a call on April 13 from the mobile number 8895427884, an unidentified caller who told the complainant that the complainant's bank account had been blocked for want of KYC updation. Later, he sent a message to the complainant asking him to call up 09046400347 to find out more about his bank account details. When the complainant called the number, an unidentified person sought the bank details of the complainant's paternal uncle and later found out the nominee for his uncle's account. The complainant mentioned the name of his aunt (uncle's wife) as the nominee.

The unidentified person took the details of the complainant's aunt and her bank account details. Later, he called up the complainant's aunt and asked her to disclose the OTP that she had received to him. On getting the OTP, the person got a total sum of Rs 1,61,353 transferred into his account in tranches and cheated the complainant and his aunt, according to a complaint registered with the CEN police.