PANCHKULA: A woman employee of Haryana Civil Secretariat was duped of Rs 50,000 after she received a call to verify her new credit card details.
Shakuntla Devi, who works as a personal secretary and is resident of Railly village, Sector 12-A, said in her police complaint, “My bank had issued me a credit card. As I had been paying its maintenance fee for years, I decided to get it cancelled. When I visited the bank, the officials made an offer and updated it to prime card membership. They told me that I will receive a confirmation and verification call from the bank.”
Shakuntla Devi received a call. “The person said he called to verify the credit card and asked bank details. I shared the expiry date of the card, CVV number and cash limit details with him. Soon thereafter, Rs 50,000 were withdrawn from my bank account,” she added.
Police have registered a case under section 420 (cheating), 406 (breach of trust) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.
