Sunil Lohan
A 31-year-old Central Revenue officer has fallen victim to an online credit card fraud, losing nearly Rs.98,000 after being lured through a fake website.
The victim,(31),year old working at a PCIT Central Revenue building,Shivajinagar, filed a complaint with the East Division Cyber Crime Police.
According to the complaint,the incident began on March 16 when he received a phone call from an unknown number offering an RBL Bank credit card.
Shortly after,he received a WhatsApp message from another number containing a link to a website purportedly for credit card application.
Trusting the offer,the victim clicked on the link and completed the application process.The website displayed a message stating that his application had been approved and asked him to make a nominal payment of Rs.2 for processing.
While attempting the payment,he entered his ICICI Bank credit card details and authenticated the transaction using an OTP.
However,instead of Rs.2,an amount of Rs.97,963.47 was fraudulently debited from his account.
Realising the fraud,the victim immediately contacted the national cybercrime helpline (1930) and got his credit card blocked.
A case has been registered,and further investigation is underway.
