The Piravom police have said that more people might have fallen victim to the alleged online fraud in which three persons holding accounts with the Piravom branch of the Federal Bank were found to have been duped of ₹1.33 lakh after they shared confidential details like Card Verification Value (CVV) on the backside of the ATM card or One Time Password (OTP) with strangers.
Out of the eight persons who had received calls asking for account details between December 17 and January 8, four were found to have lost their money.
One more complained of losing money in a similar fashion on Friday after he shared OTP and CVV with a person who allegedly claimed to have called on behalf of the bank to issue him a new ATM card. He was found to have lost ₹9,000.
“The calls, in Malayalam, were found to be Internet calls, and we have shared the details with the Cyber Police,” said P.K. Sivankutty, Inspector, Piravom Police.
