AURANGABAD: A 67-year-old retired banker has been duped for Rs 1.22 lakh on the pretext of helping her activate her credit card.
Based on her complaint, unidentified suspects have been booked on the charges of cheating along with the sections of the Information and Technology Act have been slapped.
In her complaint lodged with the police commissioner’s office, Shalini Chandwani, who retired as a cashier from the State bank of India, has blamed the bank’s credit card division for allegedly being involved with the suspects.
Assistant inspector Ghanshyam Sonawne said, “The elderly woman received a call on April 26 and the suspect caller had all the account related details.”
During the phone call, the suspect informed her that the credit card has been blocked due to non-use. Later the suspect asked for the credit card’s limit, on being replied that it was Rs 1.22 lakh, the suspect hung up the phone. Then she grew suspicious and immediately called the credit card division of the bank.
The elderly woman was informed by the credit card division that an amount of Rs 1.22 lakh has been transferred to a Jaipur-based bank account.
The woman rushed to the commissioner of police’s office and lodged a complaint.
