Another case of cyber crime reported in Bokaro and this time victim is a young man. ND Haldhar (38) a resident of Sukhdeo Nagar, Chas was cheated of Rs 75000. The money was fraudulently withdrawn from his two bank accounts (State Bank of India and Bank of India) after he made the mistake of sharing his ATM card details and OTP (one time password) over the phone with a person who claimed bank staff and is calling from the SBI.
Today Haldhar filed a complaint at Chas police station, online transfer of money was carried out fraudulently, B Singh Inspector of Chas police station said. According to the FIR Haldhar got a call on his cell phone. The caller claimed to be a bank officer and asked him to update his KYC as updation date is over.
Then the caller asked the details of his ATM cards and asked for OTP which he received on his mobile to complete the change. Haldhar shared the information and the cyber frauds allegedly misused it to withdraw Rs 49,999 form SBI bank account and Rs 24,999 from his BOI bank account.
DSP (Headquarter) Poonam said people should be aware of such fraudulent phone calls and avoid sharing personal details with anybody.
“If anyone getting such calls should cross-check with bank officials whether the calls are authentic, before sharing personal information”, she added.