Pune: a cybercrook who poses as a telecommunications company executive postponing a 57-year-old woman of Rs 10.85 lakh after making credit card details and debit card sharing under the pretext of increasing its cellphone SIM card in February this year.
The woman submitted the first information report (FIR) with Wanowrie police on Thursday.
Senior Inspector Deepak Lagad from Wanowrie police told Ti that the complainant was a housewife.
“In February this year, women received messages in their cellphone messaging applications with a telecommunication company logo.
The message states that the validity of the SIM card has expired, because the SIM card will be blocked in the next 24 days,” Lagad said.
The woman told the complainant about the message, which also contained a contact number.
“The complainant was later contacted at the number provided.
The person at the other end told the woman that she spoke from the company’s office in PAUD Road in Kothrud,” Lagad said.
The clerk said the fraudster made a complainant distributing the details of the debit and credit cards.
By using card details, the suspect / s sacted Rs 10.85 lakh from a female bank account.
“Prima facie probe has revealed that the number was converted into a bank account in New Delhi, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh,” the officer said.
The case has been registered under the relevant parts of the IPC and IT Law.