Chennai: A 36-year-old IT employee was cheated of ₹1.9 lakh by cyber fraudsters who tricked him into entering a one-time password (OTP) on a fraudulent website under the pretext of cancelling a credit card protection plan.
Shortly afterwards, he received a text message informing him that ₹1.90 lakh had been debited from his account.
Police said Subburaj received a phone call from an unidentified person, claiming that a new protection plan had been activated on his credit card. The victim, Subburaj, a native of Sivakasi , works at a private IT company in Guindy and stays at a men’s hostel in Sapthagiri Colony, Jafferkhanpet. The caller instructed him to visit a website resembling the official ICICI Bank portal and enter an OTP to cancel the plan. Believing the caller, Subburaj visited the website and entered the OTP. Based on his complaint, police registered a case and are searching for the fraudsters.
Realising that he had fallen victim to cyber fraud , Subburaj lodged a complaint with MGR Nagar police on Thursday night.