A farmer of Dhamarra village in Berasia was duped to the tune of Rs 63,000 by an unidentified miscreant who took details of his ATM card posing as SBI official; cyber crime cell has registered a case and started investigation.
According to the police the victim Omprakash Pathak was duped by an accused on September 9 after he received a call regarding his ATM card block information. A complaint was lodged with the Cyber cell by the victim and based on the complaint a case was registered and further investigation have been started.
On September 9, the victim received a phone call from a mobile number. The accused posed as SBI official and told that the victim that the ATM card used by her has been blocked and asked to provide the 16 digit ATM card number and after the victim provided 16 digit ATM card number Rs 63,000 were withdrawn from her bank account.
The victim provided the details of the card fearing that the ATM card has been blocked and would require visiting bank for further process but he was unaware of the fraud. The victim tried to call on the same mobile number but failed to get any response and later approached cyber cell to lodge a complaint.
The accused used the money for shopping. The victim came to know about the fraud when he received a message of shopping on his mobile phone and then he lodged a complaint with police.
The police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation.