Ahmedabad : A 43-year-old deputy general manager of a travel company has approached Cybercrime police after unknown fraudsters allegedly gained access to his two credit cards and carried out transactions worth Rs 17 lakh in a single day, leaving him with an outstanding liability of Rs 15.96 lakh.
The Naranpura resident told police that he began receiving multiple transaction alerts on the morning of June 26. On Oct 7, he approached Cybercrime police, alleging that the accused had changed his registered email ID, gained access to his credit cards, and used the card details to carry out transactions without his knowledge or consent. The transactions were routed through payment platforms and merchants based in Bengaluru.
Of the total amount charged, Rs 1.16 lakh was later credited back, reducing the disputed amount to Rs 15.96 lakh. The victim alleged that while the card issuer initially provided temporary credits of Rs 10.27 lakh and Rs 5.68 lakh against the disputed transactions, these were reversed about one-and-a-half months later. The victim was allegedly asked to share his original email ID so that it could be re-linked to the accounts.
Alarmed by the alerts, he immediately contacted the card issuer’s helpline. Shortly afterwards, he received a call from a number allegedly used by the fraudsters. The caller claimed that the email ID linked to his credit cards had been changed and that the cards had been compromised.