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Mangaluru: Fake callers get details, siphon off funds

  •   Fri, Jun 11 2021 12:07:40 PM

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Jun 11: As per a complaint filed in the cyber police station here, two persons lost Rs 1.82 lac by way of debit to their accounts with two banks.

In the first case, a person received a call claiming to be from the customer care of the bank. The caller collected mobile SIM records and swindled away Rs 1.27 lac.

The person concerned is a customer of ICICI bank Chilimbi branch. He received message from a person claiming to be from the bank's customer care, seeking details to recharge. He also asked the customer to download the net banking app of the bank. Once the same was done, within some time, Rs 1,27,017 was withdrawn from his account by way of transfers to different accounts.

A case was registered in this respect in cyber police station.

In another case, OTP was collected from an account holder having account with Urwa Market branch of a bank here, by informing him that his debit card had been blocked. After an unidentified caller told him that his ATM card of Canara bank had been blocked, the man parted with account number and OTP after which Rs 55,906 was withdrawn from his account in phases. This complaint also was registered with the cyber police station here.
  

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  • Cardoza, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 11 2021

    My account was hacked during February and complained to my banker as well as Cyber Police. I never shared any OTP or any calls from stranger. It was hacked by M/s Pasfar technologies Pvt. Ltd. which was a platform for money transfers. I used to transfer money from the bank's app. I was using Google pay and PhonePe to pay and receive from my customers. I never swiped my ATM card any where. Pasfar technologies was working from Whitefied, Bangalore and closed since a year. When I checked the website of the company, many like me are duped or got hacked the bank a/c. The bank has sent as much as 6 reminders to their head office IT cell to check the fraud. But of no use. Finally, when Cyber Police asked the action of the bank, the banker awake and provided that I have shared the OTP with the hacker, hence the amount is transferred to their a/c. So how can I go forward with this answer. No one is helping us. Once you loose the money just think that you lost forever. This is our digital India. The Govt. is insisting us to transact in digital transfer. Beware guys.

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  • KvKamath, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 11 2021

    I too got a SMS from a duper saying " Dear SIM user, your document verification is pending. Please call customer service at 7679089552. Your service will be blocked within 24 hours. Not only that, he called me several times. I yelled at him and asked the place from he is calling. He speaks Hindi but says calling from Bangalore. Asked him to speak him in Kannada or give the call for a kannadiga to attend. He says, due to lockdown, he alone is left in office. Crooks some how crack our details. We need to be aware.

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  • Saibere, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 11 2021

    We only hear about money being swindled. Never I have heard the culprits being caught either by the bank officials or by the police or cyber officials. If the money being swindled was transferred to another bank or person definitely the culprits records will be available with the bank or banks. Hence we as people can now suspect the concerned parties could be involved in the heist. In the end people are the sufferers.

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