VISHING ALERT

Fraudsters trick people into revealing their account and card details to dupe them of thousands of rupees by using different modus operandi

JANUARY 22, 2018

The vice-president (VP) of an IVF hospital in Bandra lost ₹72,000 to a cyber fraudster who posed as a popular telecom service executive and sent an SMS to the hospitals’ president, promising him VVIP number. The president forwarded the SMS (which had telecom service’s logo) to the vice-president, who then called on the number and deposited ₹72,000 to get a VVIP number for himself.

JANUARY 15, 2018

To exchange some of the demonetised currency, Vijaykumar Marwa, 74, called on an RBI helpline number which he obtained from the Internet. The number was fake, and the fraudster asked Marwa for his bank details to deposit the money to his account in the RBI office. The accused also obtained Marwa’s credit card details and one-time password (OTP), and immediately transferred ₹48,000 from his bank account.

JANUARY 9, 2018

A college principal was duped of ₹1.17 lakh by an unidentified cyber-fraudster who posed as a bank executive. He said he had called her for her Know Your Customer (KYC) records and the link was to create a beneficiary account for mobile banking. Once she clicked on the link, the fraudster received her details and the amount from her account.