Mumbai: Former Cricketer India Vinod Cambli became the victim of the latest online fraud with a fraud to suck Rs 1.14 lakh from his banking card account even when several fraudulent transactions were carried out on 3.
Kamli Dembala from his money after the fraudsters who posed as a private bank executive made him share the banking details for Update your customer details (KYC), “The other card account will be disabled”.
Police Bandra in Mumbai, with the help of cyber police and private banks where Cambli has an account, act quickly and managed to reverse money back to his account which is defeated cheat.
Cambli fell prey when the fraudster managed to scare him and before he could realize, he made him download the “Desk” application to update KYC.
“It is unfortunate that fraud crimes are increasing.
We have returned our money, but in many cases, most people cannot track such scammers and fraud.
I am very happy with the expanded support from Cybercrime Branch and I truly support them for investigations Furthermore, to stop the crime and create awareness, “Cambli said to TI.
Cambli said the fraud was revealed on 3.
“As soon as I realized that this caller was not authentic when I operated directly with CA and bank officials, the action was immediately taken,” he said.
The Cyber Police Bandra team has been seeking details of the bank to collect detailed account where the money is credited from a Cambli account.
“The team is in the process of gathering information on record details calls from fraudsters to track it,” police said.
The police said the fraud happened after the fraudster made Cambli download the application.
“The fraudsters continue communication on the phone when the fraud transfer funds are carried out.
Cambli devices are compromised after he downloads the application that provides remote access to fraudsters to his cellphone after he installs the application and shares OTP,” said the police.
Police said the bank had repeatedly warned people not to send any messages to share OTP or request KYC details and should not share anything if anyone receives a call to ask for the confidential information.
Cambli vinod was tricked, but got money back
