Two members of a Jharkhand-based gang, which withdrew ₹98,000 from a person’s bank account after collecting his bank card details over the phone posing as bank officials, were arrested by the Rachakonda police on Friday.
Kingpin of the gang, who was still at large, had called up B. Lingaswamy of Pochampally village in Yadadri-Bhongir district a few days ago. Claiming that he was manager of State Bank of India's Debit Cards division, the caller sought to know his debit card details.
“We are verifying your debit card details,” the caller told Lingaswamy. As the unsuspecting villager gave his debit card details like Card Verification Value (CVV), the trickster logged into his account.
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Lingaswamy received the One Time Password which also he shared with the ‘bank officer'. In next few minutes, he got a message that ₹98,000 was transferred from his bank account.
Following his complaint, a special team led by Sub-Inspector Ashish Reddy went to Jharkhand after stumbling upon clues that the fraudster operated from there. The team caught Shankar Mandal and Md. Bablu Ansari and brought them to the city on prisoner transit warrant, Rachakonda Additional DCP (Crimes) Janaki Dharavath said.