AHMEDABAD: A 40-year-old man from the Shahpur area of the city on Wednesday filed a police complaint alleging that an unknown person cheated him of Rs 1.50 lakh by taking remote access of his phone and withdrawing money after the complainant approached him to inquire about his credit card.
Sadiq Shaikh, 40, who works for an automobile firm in Khanpur, said he applied to a private bank for a credit card around two months back.
As he did not receive his credit card for a long time, he tried to find the customer care number of the bank. He found one contact number and called it. The person at the other end introduced himself as a bank employee.
Shaikh told him that he did not receive his credit card, after which the person told him to download an application on his mobile phone. At the accused person’s instructions, Shaikh gave his his banking details.
When he was talking to the person, Shaikh found that Rs 1.50 lakh had been deducted from his bank account. The accused then disconnected the call and Shaikh when tried to call him, he did not answer the call.
Later, he approached cybercrime police with an application of complaint.
Shahpur police on Wednesday filed a complaint of cheating along with charges under the Information Technology Act against the unknown accused.
