A 54-year-old Greater Noida resident allegedly lost ₹ 6.1 lakh after unidentified people gained access to his mobile phone on the pretext of helping him complete a credit card application, police said on Friday. The suspects made 12 unauthorised transactions from his bank account following a video call with the victim, they added.
“It was suspected that the fraudsters gained access to his mobile phone, and on the pretext of the application process, they obtained the OTPs. Police have registered a case under sections 318(4) (cheating) and 319(2) (cheating by personation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the IT Act against unidentified suspects at the Cybercrime Branch police station.
Police officers said the suspects also diverted his calls by saving another mobile number in the call forwarding list in his mobile phone settings. A case has been registered, and efforts are underway to trace them,” a police officer said.
Subsequently, the victim contacted the bank’s customer service to report the fraud.
During the video call, according to the victim, the caller likely gained access to his mobile screen and asked him to call back after a while.
