Banks religiously send messages to their customers, warning that they never ask for debit/credit card numbers, grid card values, validity date, CVV, OTP, PIN, password, etc. Despite this, a 38-year-old drawing teacher from New Naroda lost Rs 2.04 lakh after sharing his credit card details with cyber frauds posing as bank employees
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A complaint in this regard has been filed with Naroda police.
Complainant Maulesh Suthar lives in New Naroda and works as a drawing teacher with a school in Kalapinagar. Suthar had applied to a private bank for a credit card, which he received last month. Some days later, he received a call. Claiming to be the bank’s employee, the caller said she was making a credit card verification call.
The caller asked Suthar for his credit card and CVV numbers. Suthar gave both the caller. The caller then asked for an OTP that Suthar received through text message. Suthar gave that too. Following this, the call was disconnected.
The next day, Suthar received another call asking if he wanted to increase his credit card limit. Suthar agreed and gave details including the credit card number, CVV number and the OTP he had received.
Around 10 days later, Suthar received his credit card bill and was shocked to find that Rs 2.04 lakh had been deducted from his bank account. Realising he had been duped, Suthar filed an application with the cyber cell as well as the Naroda police.
Source: sea.operanewsapp.com
