Odisha: Police get better Rs 4.92 lakh misplaced in on-line fraud
2 min read By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR : The cyber crime sleuths of Bhubaneswar city police district managed to hint and get better Rs 4.92 lakh a 76-year-old man had misplaced to a fraudster throughout the lockdown interval. Rabinarayan Mishra misplaced the quantity on May 16 when the fraudster contacted him by posing as an official of BSNL.
The fraudster requested the sufferer that he has to replace the KYC particulars, in any other case his SIM card will get deactivated. He managed to con the aged man and swindled `5 lakh from his SBI account by way of rapid cost service (IMPS).
“The miscreant had asked Mishra to download a remote control application from Google Play Store and fill the details. The app can be used to view a device’s information and he then told Mishra to pay `11 online towards the fee of updating his details,” mentioned cyber crime assist desk in-charge ACP Sanjeev Satpathy.
Mishra, who’s a retired authorities worker, had used his debit card to make the cost and the cyber felony requested him to examine the OTP despatched on his cell phone to finish the transaction. The sufferer’s machine was presumably mirrored by the miscreant, he accessed the OTP and stole the cash from his account.
During investigation, it was discovered that the cash was illegally transferred by way of Razorpay cost gateway. However, the assistance desk officers managed to get better Rs 4.92 lakh. “We called the cyber crime help desk within 15 minutes to report the matter. We are lucky that our money could be recovered,” mentioned Mishra’s son Rajat.
