COIMBATORE: A Peelamedu-based IT employee, who lost 2.25 lakh to online fraud, lodged a complaint with the city cybercrime police on Tuesday.
J Antony Rajesh had received a link from an unknown number on Saturday with a message that his SBI Yono account would be blocked soon as PAN number was not updated. He was asked to click the link to provide PAN card details. He submitted all details, including his username, password and one time password, only to lose the money in several instalments. Police have registered a case under sections of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and IPC Section 420 (cheating).
In a similar incident, A Sampath Kumar, 28, of Ram Nagar in the city, was duped of 75,000 on March 3. A man pretending to be an SBI employee sought his details ‘to increase credit limit’. Kumar shared the details, including the OTP, only to lose the money.
In another incident, an unidentified man swindled R Subbaiah, 71, of Rayar Nagarof 2.08 lakh, when he visited the SBI ATM at New Siddhapudur on February 19. A man, who introduced himself as a bank employee, offered to help him. He withdrew 30,000 in three transactions and handed over the cash to Subbaiah. He also gave him an ATM card. When 2.08 lakh was withdrawn from his account in several instalment the next week, Subbaiah realized that the man had pocketed his ATM card. The cybercrime police are investing the incident.
J Antony Rajesh had received a link from an unknown number on Saturday with a message that his SBI Yono account would be blocked soon as PAN number was not updated. He was asked to click the link to provide PAN card details. He submitted all details, including his username, password and one time password, only to lose the money in several instalments. Police have registered a case under sections of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and IPC Section 420 (cheating).
In a similar incident, A Sampath Kumar, 28, of Ram Nagar in the city, was duped of 75,000 on March 3. A man pretending to be an SBI employee sought his details ‘to increase credit limit’. Kumar shared the details, including the OTP, only to lose the money.
In another incident, an unidentified man swindled R Subbaiah, 71, of Rayar Nagarof 2.08 lakh, when he visited the SBI ATM at New Siddhapudur on February 19. A man, who introduced himself as a bank employee, offered to help him. He withdrew 30,000 in three transactions and handed over the cash to Subbaiah. He also gave him an ATM card. When 2.08 lakh was withdrawn from his account in several instalment the next week, Subbaiah realized that the man had pocketed his ATM card. The cybercrime police are investing the incident.