A report reveals that a Mumbai-based man lost Rs 22,396 to a fraudster who was impersonating a bank employee. The man entered OTP on an unverified link. Here is everything we know.
A Mumbai man lost Rs 22,396 from bank account after clicking on unverified link.
By Ankita Garg: The cases of cyber fraud seem to be increasing at a high rate as we are hearing about new cases almost on a daily basis. It was recently discovered that a woman applied for a job via a social media platform and lost about Rs 5 lakh from her bank. There were also reports of a man losing Rs 44,782 in a WhatApp scam while he was trying to order an item online. A man also lost about 1 lakh in an online fraud when he was trying to renew his Netflix subscription. But, bank and OTP fraud are the most common. A 29-year-old man was duped of more than Rs 22,000 in an online fraud.
A report from Indian Express reveals that a Mumbai-based man lost Rs 22,396 to a fraudster who was impersonating a bank employee. Ramsingh Rajput, who is a resident of Kalbadevi and a Sales manager at a garment store, was trying to increase the limit of his Kotak Mahindra credit card and got tricked into entering an OTP on an unverified link that was sent to him by a fraudster.
On January 15, a woman, who introduced herself as Priyanka Dharma to the man, called Rajput as a banker to inform him that the man could choose to increase the limit of his credit card. When the person agreed to update the…
