Mumbai: A popular Marathi actress recently fell prey to a KYC fraud and ended up losing ₹1.48 lakh. The fraudster had messaged the actress posing to be from a mobile operator, asking her to fill up the KYC form, failing which her mobile services will be suspended. The actress was tricked into sharing her privy bank details and duped to the tune of ₹1.48 lakh. A case of cheating, impersonation has been registered at Vile Parle police station and further investigation is underway.
According to the police sources, the incident occurred on January 28, a day after she had received a message on her husband’s phone from a number, which read that it was from a Telecom service company. The message read that the number could be blocked if the Know-Your-Customer (KYC) details are not updated at the earliest.
The actress contacted the number mentioned in the message, to be answered by Rajesh Agarwal, who claimed to be a customer care agent of the telecom service. Furthermore, the fraudster asked the actress to download and install the Quick Support application, which allows a third party to access people’s mobile activities.
Believing Agarwal, the actress obliged and was asked to wire a sum of ₹10 as the KYC fees from her credit card by entering her banking details. Unaware was the actress as the fraudster was able to see the privy details through the application.
A while later, the actress felt suspicious about the call and immediately visited the Telecom service…
