In another episode of cyber crime, a woman resident of DLF Phase-5 was allegedly duped of ₹1 lakh. According to PTI, the victim – Madhvi Dutta got a message on her mobile phone on January 21 that read “Dear User Your HDFC Account will be closed today click here on the link, your PAN card number from a mobile number.”
In her complaint to police Dutta said that she clicked the link, which took her to a webpage that asked her to feed in details. She then received an OTP on her mobile number.
“As soon as I entered the OTP, ₹1 lakh was deducted from my account. I called the cyber helpline 1930 several times but did not connect and finally moved to the cyber portal and lodged the complaint,” said Gupta in her online complaint.
Following her complaint, an FIR was registered against unknown fraudsters under sections 419 (cheating by impersonation) and 420 (cheating) of IPC at Cyber Crime, East Police Station on Friday.
“An FIR has been registered…
