Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Sep 24: A stranger got Rs 1,93,210 transferred from the account of a person on the pretext of updating the KYC of the latter so as to prevent the credit card from getting blocked.
The complainant received a message on his mobile asking him to update his KYC details. Later, a stranger called him and said that if the complainant's KYC details are not updated his credit card would get blocked.
The complainant who believed the stranger entered his credit card number on the link that was sent to him by the stranger and also gave him the OTP pin that he received. Within no time, in phases a sum of Rs 1.93 lac was transferred from the complainant's account to that of the stranger.
A case in this connection has been filed with CEN police station.