A woman, who responded to a phone call offering to link her bank account number with her Aadhaar number, has lost ₹30,000 from her account.
Lakshmamma, a resident of Aragodi village who has a savings account with a nationalised bank in nearby Batte Mallappa village, received a call from a person identifying himself as an executive serving with the bank. The caller told her that she has to link her account with her Aadhaar.
The caller told her that her account would be de-activated in case she delayed the linkage. He has also briefed her on the rules introduced by the government in this regard.
As the caller had most of her banking details, without sensing any foul play, she shared her Aadhaar number with him. The caller told her that she would get a one-time password which will link her account with Aadhaar. Later, the woman shared the OTP with the caller and also the CVV (Card Verification Value) of her debit card.
After this, she got a message that ₹30,000 was debited from her bank account in four separate transactions.
Jagadeesh, Lakshmamma’s son, said the money from the SB account was debited for online purchases in Mumbai and Gurugram.
He said his mother had recently borrowed ₹30,000 as credit from a self-help group she was a member of to meet her personal expenses. The SHG remitted the loan amount to her bank account, which she has now lost to the fraudster, he said.
Based on the complaint lodged by the victim, a case has been registered with Hosanagar police station under various sections of The Information Technology Act in this connection.
