Woman duped of Rs 26,000 in debit card fraud, case filed

Mumbai: The D. N. Nagar police has registered a case of cheating against an unknown person, who called up the complainant posing as a bank executive and asked her for the One Time Password (OTP) of her debit card, following which she was duped of Rs 26,000 in an instant.

The police is investigating the case and getting the details of the last transaction on the complainant’s debit card.

The incident took place on Saturday noon, when the complainant, Manju Chopra (37), received a call from an unknown person, who claimed to be an executive from the ICICI Bank and asked her for a few details.

Mrs Chopra, who assumed that it was a legit call, shared all the private and confidential details of her bank account, which also included her Card Verification Value (CVV) number and the OTP that is generated on the mobile, with the help of which the culprit managed to dupe her.

Speaking to The Asian Age, Vasant Pingle, senior police inspector of D. N. Nagar police station said, “We have registered a case against the accused and are probing the matter.”

He added, “The bank has been roped in for assistance to find out, who made the transaction and where.”

The Mumbai police has repeatedly warned people not to share their confidential bank details over the phone.  The fact remains that banks never ask their customers for such details.

Despite this, there continue to be innumerable cases of people falling prey to such cheating scams and debit card frauds.