In a fresh cash of online fraud post demonetization, a fraudster under the garb of a bank official cheated a lady doctor of the city by withdrawing a cash of Rs 50,000 from her bank account. The incident happened with Dr Snehlata Sharma who in her complaint to DIG Harinarayanchari Mishra said that the miscreant in the name of a bank officer called up at her residence.
The phone was picked by her daughter. The caller later asked her to give him the password of the ATM of the SBI as it had been blocked.
The complainant when came to know about the blockade of ATM card, she gave him the password of the ATM.
Thereafter, the accused by taking the One Time Password (OTP) four times, withdrew a cash of Rs 50,000 from her bank account.
When the women came to know about the fraud, she lodged a complaint with the new DIG Mishra, informing him that she had an account with the GPO branch of the State Bank of India and she had not used the ATM card of the bank even once.
In her complaint, the lady doctor said that a person describing himself as an official of the GPO branch of the State Bank of India, called at her residence on December 4.
The call was picked up by her daughter. The accused asked her daughter to give him the ATM password of the SBI as the ATM card had been blocked. Thereafter, he took one time password four times from her mobile phone and withdrew a cash of Rs 50,000 from her bank account.
The DIG has referred the case to the crime branch.
Meanwhile taking a serious note of the online bank fraud, the DIG has appealed city people not share their bank details or password with any individual as the banks never seek any details and passwords from its customers.