As per the complainant, a fraudster called him posing as an executive of Kotak Mahindra bank at around 10 am on July 13 on his mobile phone number and asked him if he required a loan. As the security guard was in need of money, he agreed to take a loan.
The cyber fraudster then asked him to send details of his AADHAR card, PAN card, debit card, and credit card on a Whatsapp number. Accordingly, the complainant sent all the details asked by the fraudster.
The fraudsters then sent him Rs 10,000 and using the security guard’s credit card details, generated an OTP to debit Rs 18,200 from his account. The complainant then shared the OTP as asked by the fraudster and Rs 18,200 got debited from his bank account, as per The Indian Express report.
The fraudster again called back the complainant the next day and asked him to send Rs 10,000 as a processing fee following which Rs 1.50 lakh as the loan will be disbursed to his account.
