Man loses 1.80 lakhs to online fraud

JAMMU: In a case of online fraud, a city resident was allegedly duped of Rs. 1,80,000 by a swindler, who posed as a bank executive and took ATM card details from the victim. The victim soon found that shopping was done through his account. The victim, Ram Rattan, a resident of Lakshmi Nagar, Rehari, who is a businessman, received a call from the fraudster on March 22, who posed himself as a bank executive. The fraudster asked the victim for his ATM details claiming that he would be issued a new ATM pin. The victim thought it was a call from the bank and revealed all information, including the one-time password (OTP) received on his mobile phone.
A few minutes later, the victim found that four transactions worth Rs. 1,80,000 were made from his account in Chappra, Bihar.
“Soon after having call from a man, who introduced himself as Ashwani Kumar, a bank executive, I visited Punjab National Bank at Rehari to inquire about the calls he received. The next day, I received another call from Ashwani, who sought details from me of my yesterday’s visit to bank. His way of talking really impressed me and I gave him all details of my ATM card including PIN code number,”, ictim told the News Now.
The victim immediately got his card blocked.
“I have submitted a complaint to the police seeking action against the fraudster,” the complainant said.
The Rehari Police has started an investigation into the matter.