Powai bank manager loses Rs 60,000 to cyber fraudster

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The Powai police have booked an unknown person for allegedly duping a 48-year-old bank manager of Rs 60,000 under the pretext of updating her PAN card with her bank account details.

The Powai police have registered the case against the cyber swindler under the Information Technology Act. According to the police sources, the complainant resides at the Hiranandani area of Powai and works as a manager in a reputed bank at Andheri.

On January 22, around 6.30 pm, she received an SMS, wherein, an unidentified person advised him to update her PAN card on the State Bank of India's Yono app.
It further read that her account would be blocked if she failed to update it. She clicked on the given link and tried to fill in the PAN card information, however, she could not upload the information.

She, then, called on the given mobile number. This time the person said that he would upload the PAN card information and sent her an OTP.

"After the complainant shared the OTP number with him, she received a message that said Rs 60,000 was transferred online from her bank account," said an officer from Powai police station. She called the bank's customer care, blocked her bank account and approached the police.

"Following the complaint, we have registered a case and started an investigation. The cyber cell officers along with the Powai police are conducting a parallel investigation," he added.