KUMUD JENAMANI
Jamshedpur, Dec 3: The act of siphoning off bank balance by cyber criminals is ongoing in the steel city as a Mango resident has fallen victim to the fraudulent act here.
The victim who works in a private firm has been duped of Rs 35,000 during the past 48 hours, prompting to lodge an FIR with the Cyber Thana in Bistupur on Friday.
Significantly, unknown criminals made the withdrawals four times during the past 48 hours but the victim, Jitendra Kumar Yadav, did not get any alert on his cellphone. He could know about the fraudulent withdrawal only when he got an alert on his cellphone against the shopping worth Rs 8,000 by the criminal.
Yadav got the alert on the cellphone on Thursday afternoon and had immediately contacted the SBI’s Sakchi branch where he has an account. On getting the complaint, the senior branch manager of the bank blocked the transaction through the account and assured him of all possible help to find out how did anyone siphon off the money from his account.
A visibly disturbed Yadav who was accompanied by a BJP leader Vikash Singh has also been assured by the said branch manager that if there is no fault on his (Yadav’s) part in the fraudulent withdrawals, then he would get back the lost money within 10 days.
In his FIR lodged with the Cyber Thana, Yadav has mentioned that his ATM card was with him and that he had not shared the secret code of the ATM with anyone. He has also mentioned that he did not get any alert while the money was being withdrawn from his account.
“I could know about the fraudulent act when I got an OTP against the purchase of some goods worth Rs 8,000 on Thursday. Then only I had run to my bank along with Vikash Singh, ” said Yadav, deploring that he is left with no savings.
Cyber thana inspector, Upendra Mandal confirmed about the FIR and said they are looking into the case.
