Chennai: Mr. Govindaraj, of West Mambalam, filed a complaint stating that an unknown person contacted him through cell phone and introduced himself as an SBI Bank employee. He spoke convincing words and got SBI and HDFC Bank credit card details and OTP from Govindaraj. Later he withdrew Rs.1, 08,740/- from the credit card account within the next few minutes. The Central Crime Branch Bank Fraud Team of Greater Chennai Police registered a case.
On the orders of the Commissioner of Police Mr. Shankar Jaiswal, IPS, a special team led by the Assistant Commissioner of Police Mr. S. Prabhakaran (CCB) investigated the case and arrested the accused Adul Kumar of Jorayur and Kunal of Kasiyapath on 30.07.2021 at New Delhi. Cash Rs.1 lakh was recovered from them. Legal action is being pursued against them.
In this above context, the sleuths of CCB in the Bank Fraud team made a request that, if any people contacted through cell phone and introduced themselves as Bank employees and on the pretext of raising the ceiling for the credit card, the prize money had available and the ATM card disabled, the bank account has to be linked to the Aadhaar account, seeking bank account details claiming to have received the Corona relief amount and claiming card details, do not divulge any information to such people. The public should not use unauthorized agencies for recharging their cell phone, DTH, etc.
