Thane Cyber Fraud: Scammer Impersonates Bank Official Via Video Call, Dupes Senior Citizen Of Over ₹2 Lakh; Case Registered

Mumbai: The scammers are using newer ways to dupe unsuspecting victims. In a recent case, a 63-year-old man received a video call that had a profile picture as the logo of a bank in which he has an account.

The call was made by a well dressed person who claimed to be from the bank and on the pretext of updating the complainant's bank account, induced the complainant to download an APK file after which he transferred money from his bank account and also got a loan approved from the bank and diverted the same as well.

According to the police, the complainant is a resident of Thane. On June 03, the complainant received a video call that had a profile picture as the bank's logo. The complainant answered the call and saw a well dressed man who claimed to be calling from the bank. The caller informed the complainant about updating his bank account and shared an APK file masked with the bank's name, with the complainant on WhatsApp.

The scammer then asked the complainant to fill in his ATM card and PIN details on the file document shared by him. Later the complainant realised that money was siphoned from his bank account and the scammer had also managed to approve a loan from his bank and totally siphoned over Rs 2 lakh from his account. The complainant then immediately contacted his bank and got his bank account blocked.

He then raised a complaint in this regard on the cyber crime portal after which a case was registered by the Thane police last week. The police have registered a case under sections 66C (identity theft), 66D (cheating by personation by using computer resource) of the Information Technology Act. The complainant has also provided details of the contact number used by the scammer and the fraudulent transaction details to the police.