Fraduster poses as bank exec, dupes retired banker of Rs 20 lakh | Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: A 71-year-old retired bank employee from Nallakunta lost Rs 20.2 lakh to a cyber fraudster posing as a Bank of Baroda (BOB) employee.On June 1, the victim received a call from an individual claiming to be a BOB representative offering credit card services. The caller convinced him to download an APK file and share sensitive information, including a six-digit verification code. The next morning, the victim discovered 14 unauthorised transactions from his BOB account, with amounts ranging from Rs 42,000 to Rs 2 lakh. “I realised my account had been drained of Rs 20.2 lakh through multiple transfers to different bank accounts,” he said. The victim lodged an online complaint and approached the Hyderabad Cyber Crime police on June 3. A case has been registered under Sections 318(4) (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 319(2) (cheating by personation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 66C and 66D of the IT Act. Police are tracking the fraudster’s phone number and analysing the recipient accounts to identify the culprits.
