Pune: Fraudster uses KYC Ploy, stealing RS 1.6 lakh

Pune: Pimpri resident 35-year-old lost nearly Rs 1.6 lakh from her account after a man claiming to be a bank representative deceive him.
According to a complaint filed on Thursday by the woman, fraudsters siphon Rs1.57 lakh from his account through six transactions.
Pimpri police have registered a case under the Criminal Code and Information Technology Act.
A police officer said that since May 17, she had received an SMS from two cell phone numbers are not known, the urgency for updating KYC details with banks that fail locked.
“SMS containing the link, but she was not clicking,” He said the officer.
On June 13, she wants to transfer to an account RS3.000 her husband through Netbanking.
“But because of technical problems, he did not get OTPs.
So, he downloaded the app public sector banks and complete the transaction,” said the officer.
On the same day, a man claiming to be a bank employee called him.
“He said the bank realized that she had trouble getting OTPs and told him to update KYC details via a link that will he send him.
He said he would then not face this problem again,” said the officer.
Trust him, she clicked the link and receive six OTPs on mobile.
“He claimed he did not share with anyone OTP, but Rs1.57 lakh transferred from his account,” said the officer.