PUNE: A 45-year-old Bibvewadi resident was cheated out of nearly Rs6 lakh by cybercrooks, who used the KYC update trick.
The suspects, posing as representatives of a cellular service provider, sent the woman an SMS in August and told her the mobile number would deactivated if she doesn’t update her KYC (know your customer) information. The woman contacted the number mentioned in the SMS and the person who answered the call sought many details, including those of her bank account, which she operated jointly with her father.
The woman directed the suspect to her father, who gave the caller key details. The woman’s father received five SMSs with one-time passwords (OTPs), which he shared with the crooks. The culprits siphoned Rs5.94 lakh in five transactions.
So far, the police have established that the transferred money went to bank accounts in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh.
Senior inspector Sunil Zavare of the Bibvewadi police said the woman worked in the administration unit of a private company.
