Thomas (Special correspondent)
Cyber criminals target Retired DGP again this time on the pretext of updating his bank account availed his OTP and made away with Rs.89,000.
Mr Bidari, resident of BTM 2nd stage,told the police that he received a message on his mobile KYC details to update the bank account.
The message also warned that the account would be blocked if the KYC details are not updated.
Few minutes later he received a call from a person claiming that he is calling from the SBI helpline and asked him to share the OTP he received.
Knowing very well that OTP should not be shared with anyone,Mr. Bidari shared the OTP to realize that within a second Rs.89,000 had been deducted from his account.
He called the bank to raise a complaint before approaching the cyber crime police.
The police have stepped up the investigations and asked the bank officials to freeze the transactions.
In March this year, cyber criminals hacked into his email account and cheated one of his contacts of Rs 25,000.
A few days ago,the cyber crime cell opened an investigation into another cyber fraud where unknown person hacked into the bank account of former DGP Ajay Kumar Singh.
The hacker had made more than 60 transactions to siphon off Rs.2.13 lakh from the former DGP’s account.
Based on the complaint by Shankar M Bidari,the Southeast cyber crime police on Monday, registered a case against unknown persons charging them under cheating and also under various sections of the IT Act said a senior officer.
