COIMBATORE: An IT employee in Coimbatore has been duped of Rs 2.25 lakh by unidentified people in an online scam.
In his complaint filed with the city cybercrime police, IT employee J Antony Rajesh of Peelamedu stated that he received a link from an unknown number on Saturday with a message that his SBI YONO account will be blocked since the permanent account number (PAN) was not updated. He was asked to click a link to provide PAN card details to avoid blocking of the account.
Antony Rajesh believed that the message and the link came from SBI and filled in all the details, including his username, password and one-time password. He received messages on his phone that an amount of Rs 2.25 lakh was debited from his account through various transactions.
A case was registered under various sections of the IT Act and under Section 420 (cheating) of the IPC. A team is working to trace the online fraudsters.
In his complaint filed with the city cybercrime police, IT employee J Antony Rajesh of Peelamedu stated that he received a link from an unknown number on Saturday with a message that his SBI YONO account will be blocked since the permanent account number (PAN) was not updated. He was asked to click a link to provide PAN card details to avoid blocking of the account.
Antony Rajesh believed that the message and the link came from SBI and filled in all the details, including his username, password and one-time password. He received messages on his phone that an amount of Rs 2.25 lakh was debited from his account through various transactions.
A case was registered under various sections of the IT Act and under Section 420 (cheating) of the IPC. A team is working to trace the online fraudsters.
