Mumbai doctor loses Rs 7.5 lakh while trying to update mobile number on stock market app

One executive, who identified himself as Deepak Verma, from the app’s Noida office answered the call and in order to help the doctor, he sent him a link, the police said.

On clicking the link, a mobile application was downloaded on the doctor’s mobile. Later, Verma told the complainant to fill out his details on the form available on the downloaded app.

“Verma kept the phone call on and tricked the doctor into sharing details of his debit card, credit card, the CVV number etc,” said a police officer.

After a while, the doctor noticed that money was being debited from his bank account. He told Verma about it, who told him that it’s a part of the process and the debited amount would be refunded back to his account soon, states the FIR.

Later, the doctor got busy with his work. In the evening, when he checked his mobile phone, he discovered that unauthorised transactions worth Rs 7.25 lakh were carried out on his two credit and debit cards, the police said.

He then realised that the person in the customer support department was in fact a fraudster. The doctor approached the Juhu police and filed a complaint.

The police have registered a complaint of cyber fraud and have sought details of the beneficiaries of the unauthorised transactions from the bank.