SRINAGAR : In a swift action, Cyber Police Kashmir saved around Rs two lakhs hard earned money in two separate cases.
An aged shopkeeper hailing from south Kashmir’s Tral received a call from fraudsters posing as staff of the Jammu & Kashmir Bank headquarters.
The caller told him that his ATM Card is going to be blocked and in order to renew the same he had to give the card details, said a statement.
The ignorant shopkeeper took the help of his minor granddaughter and did not even mind to share the OTP, he received shortly.
The victim smelled foul play, only when he received a message of Rs 95,000 getting debited from his account. He then frantically contacted the Cyber Police station Kashmir and lodged complaint, the statement added.
Financial fraud team of Cyber Policeacted swiftly and succeeded in saving the entire amount of victim.
In a similar OTP and vishing fraud case, Cyber Police station Kashmir got Rs 72,938 refunded recently. In this case, a government employee of Srinagar city shared his Debit card details in the same manner.
The employee later realised that he had been duped, when he received a debit message of Rs 72,938 from his account for a Flipkart purchase.
The victim quickly contacted Cyber Police station Kashmir Zone, Srinagar and Cyber Police Station managed to save the whole amount.
In OTP/Vishing fraud, victims get phone calls from fraudsters claiming to be officers from different Bank.
The gullible people initially are not convinced about the callers due to the recent instances of online frauds, the callers, who claim to be making the call for activation of their Debit cards, read out certain digits of their card, which often are similar in series and other details to convince them.
The gullible people then pass on the card details and other information sought by the caller/fraudster believing them to be genuine employee.
They only realise that it was a case of online fraud when they get a debit message from their bank accounts.
Usually the complaints in such cases are registered after delays, making it hard for the Cyber police to take steps to refund the money.
Cyber Police Station, Kashmir Zone Srinagar has advised people time and again to act very carefully, while receiving such calls from unknown sources with regard to vishing/OTP frauds.
We advise people not to share the ATM Card Details (Debit/Credit Card), bank details, account details, personal details, OTP etc. to anyone whosoever to safeguard the money.
People have hailed the cube police for prompt action leading to recovery of money in recent cases.