Mumbai teacher loses around Rs 5 lakh as he tries to activate bank credit card
The fraudsters who posed as credit card customer care executives siphoned off Rs 4,82,384 after asking the 50-year-old to download a dubious app ‘Quick Support’.
Deokar, a teacher at the Chembur Welfare Marathi School, allegedly lost Rs 4,82,384.
(Representational image via Unsplash) In a case of cybercrime, a 50-year-old man from Mumbai, Maharashtra, has allegedly lost close to Rs 5 lakh to fraudsters who claimed to be credit card customer care executives, the police said.
The victim, identified as Yashwant Deokar, a resident of Govandi, downloaded a dubious app – ‘Quick Support’ – after which he received over 25 messages alerting him that large sums of money were debited against his SBI credit card, the police said.
Deokar, a teacher at the Chembur Welfare Marathi School, allegedly lost Rs 4,82,384.
According to the complaint, Deokar browsed for an SBI credit card customer care number and called the first number he found online. “The person at the other end introduced himself as Vinay Kumar, an SBI staff member, and told Deokar that he must download ‘Quick Support’ app and fill up the details in a form after which his credit card would be activated,” said an officer.
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