Wednesday, August 7, 2019, 6:13 PM
Rs 2.5 Lakh gone in 120 seconds to card fraud
A 51-year-old man from Maharashtra became a victim to credit card fraud. He lost Rs 2,50,000 to fraudsters. According to the complaint, he received five messages from the bank; stating Rs 2.5 Lakh had been deducted from his credit card account; via online transfer, using the digital wallet system. A total of 5 transactions of Rs 50,000 each; were carried out within a time frame of just two minutes. When the victim received the messages, he was on the way home from the workplace. The shocking thing is, his credit card was very much with him. An FIR has been lodged under Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66D of the Information Act.
