Mumbai doctor falls for fraud message, loses Rs 2.24 lakh

She received a message on her phone purportedly sent by the electricity department. When she clicked on a link given in the message, a page opened where she was asked to update information related to her electricity bill. She ended up giving her credit card details and within minutes Rs 2.24 lakh were withdrawn from her account in six transactions.

The doctor told The Indian Express, “Within six minutes of the money being transferred from my account I called the bank’s customer care number to alert them about the cyberfraud and asked them to recover my money but I am yet to get my money back. The bank said they have blocked the card, have taken the complaint and are investigating the matter.”

“The victim’s bank should have immediately reversed the transaction or should have asked the nodal officer of the bank where the money was transferred to freeze the amount which was fraudulently transferred after getting a call from the victim on their customer care number. Further all banks and Mumbai Police should create more awareness on the 1930 number where a special team of Mumbai Police helps victims of financial fraud to recover money lost in financial cyber crimes,” said cyber crime investigator, Ritesh Bhatia.