Mumbai: A 35-year-old woman from Nashik was defrauded of Rs 2.18 lakh after attempting to update her mobile number in her banking records. While searching online, she clicked a fraudulent redressal link and posted her query.
Soon after, she received a video call from an individual claiming to be a bank representative from Mumbai. The caller convinced her to share her screen through a malicious link and asked for her bank account details. After she complied, she began receiving OTPs on her phone. Checking her account, she discovered Rs2.18 lakh had been siphoned off in multiple c.
She promptly reported the incident to the Nashik cyber crime police, who registered a case under Section 318 (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 66D (cheating by personation using computer resource) of the Information Technology Act.
