Mumbai: In three cases of cyber fraud, senior citizens including an 82-year-old businessman from Walkeshwar, a rented accountant and a 73-year-old woman loses almost Rs 4.25 lakh.
Unknown accusations have called them and ask them to update their KYC details for their SIM card.
The caller said that if it was not done, the card would be blocked.
It is not clear whether the same person calls these three complainants.
Police Hill Malabar registered a case where the 82-year-old businessman told the police that his two bank accounts were debited.
The victim got a message with a contact number on his phone.
He called the number when the recipient said he called from customer service services from cellular network operators, said an officer.
The caller asked the victim to renew the details of his Aadhar card and fill out the KYC form in 24 hours.
“The caller collects the details of the victim’s debit card and says that the ‘secret number’ will be sent to the victim’s cellphone, which he must share.
That’s OTP.
The defendant was transferred to Rs 1.75 Lakh from the victim’s account to another account.
Then the money was pulled from the ATM at Jharkhand, “An officer said.
In another case registered at the police station D B Marg, a 73-year-old rented accountant submitted a complaint about a similar operandi mode used by callers to Siphon off from his account.
In this case also, CA has shared OTP with callers.
In the third case, a 73-year-old KEMPS corner resident received a call where the caller asked him to update KYC details or his SIM would be blocked.
The first caller distributed a four-digit of the victim’s aadhar card and gained his belief because he was the original caller.
The woman shared the details of the bank and OTP.
Immediately, Rs 1.5 Lakh was deducted from his account.
The investigator now collects details about the account where money is transferred by the defendant.
A senior police officer said, “Someone should not share details about bank accounts, debit or credit cards with anyone.
Someone must be vigilant.
We have registered three cases.”