Udupi: A 57-year-old man from Kalathur in Kaup lost Rs 2,49,299.7 after unidentified cyber fraudsters allegedly duped him by sending a suspicious transaction alert.
On Oct 9, when he was at home, he received a notification at 5.38 pm indicating that Rs 0.01 had been credited to his account under the name ‘groww verification’. After opening the message, he received another notification at 6.40 pm stating that his channel limit had been modified successfully and would be effective from Oct 9. Subsequently, multiple unauthorised transactions were made from his bank account, involving deductions of Rs 1,25,091.2, Rs 45,926.7, Rs 40,966.8, Rs 26,139.8 and Rs 6,175.3. Based on the complaint, Shirva police registered a case under Sections 66(c) and 66(d) of the Information Technology Act and Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
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The complainant holds an individual current account in a cooperative bank which is linked to his mobile number through a digital payment service for financial transactions, according to the complaint filed. The complainant alleged that unidentified persons had sent a fraudulent credit notification to his mobile phone, and without his knowledge or consent, transferred the money from his bank account, thereby cheating him. Download the TOI App.