Neyaz Elahi
Srinagar (NVI): The cyber police in Kashmir valley has helped bank customers retrieve money siphoned off in bank frauds.
One such instance was when a septuagenarian shopkeeper hailing from south Kashmir’s Tral area received a call from fraudsters posing as staff of the Jammu & Kashmir Bank Headquarters.
The caller told him that his ATM Card is going to be blocked and in order to renew the same he had to give the card details.
The shopkeeper shared his bank details and OTP with the caller.
However, the shopkeeper smelled foul play only when he received a message that an amount of Rs 95,000 was debited from his account. He then frantically contacted the Cyber Police Station, Kashmir, and lodged a report.
Financial fraud team of Cyber Police Kashmir acted swiftly and succeeded in saving the whole amount of the victim.
In a similar OTP/vishing fraud case, Kashmir Cyber Police Station solved a case and got Rs 72,938 refunded of a government employee of Srinagar who shared his Debit card details.
The employee later realized that he was duped, when he received a message from his bank that an amount of Rs 72,938 was debited from his account for a Flipkart purchase.
The victim quickly contacted Cyber Police Station Kashmir Zone, Srinagar, and Cyber Police Station managed to save the whole amount.
In OTP/vishing fraud, victims usually get phone calls from fraudsters claiming to be officers from different banks.
“Usually the complaints in such cases are reported or registered only much later, making it hard for the Cyber Police to take steps to recover and refund the money,” said the police official.
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