Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (MS)

Udupi, May 19: In three separate incidents of online fraud reported in the district, three people lost nearly Rs five lac.

In the first incident, Mahadeva of Byndoor searched the telephone number of a private hospital in Mangaluru. He got a mobile number and called the same. The person sent a customer support app in WhatsApp and asked Mahadeva to enter his details in it and also send money. Accordingly Mahadeva entered the password and the OTP sent by that person through GooglePay. Later, Mahadeva received an appointment code and the stranger asked him to come to the hospital on the following day. Later, the stranger withdrew Rs 99,992 from the savings account of Mahadeva which he held with a private bank, Hattiangadi branch.

In one more incident, a woman was fleeced of Rs 2.92 lac on the pretext of task on Telegram app. Raksha, resident of Manipal, is the victim. She received a message on WhatsApp from a stranger of getting more commission by doing task. Later, the accused contacted Raksha on telegram app and gave the bank account and UID numbers. Raksha believed that it is genuine and transferred Rs 2.92 lac to the account given by the accused. Later, the accused did not respond to her mobile calls and she came to know that she is taken for a ride.

In the third incident that is reported from Parkala, a man was fleeced of Rs 1.07 lac on the pretext of updating KYC. Avinash Shettigar hold an account with Canara Bank Manipal branch. On May 18, he received a call from a stranger who introduced himself as staff of bank and said that his account is blocked and asked him to update his KYC. Avinash gave both his debit card number and OTP to the stranger, who transferred Rs 1.07 lac in various transactions.