Urvashi Phetiya a 37 year old tuition teacher from andheri was duped of 1.24 Lakh rupees as she clicked on PAN Card update SMS link on Tuesday.
The victim later informed the police that the SMS also contained link to her bank account.
“As she opened the link, she received a one-time password (OTP) on her mobile phone, which she entered as instructed in the SMS,” said a police officer from Andheri police station.
The tuition teacher also informed that after she entered the OTP, she received three more OTPs.
Within five minutes three transaction were made from her bank accounts withdrawing of 1.24L rupees after she entered OTP, Police officer said.
Meanwhile bank also called her for confirming if she had made the transactions or not.
“That is when the tuition teacher realised that she had been duped,” said the officer.
“We are tracking the number from which the complainant had received the SMS and the link,” said the police officer. “When she clicked the link, it gave the frauds complete access of her phone through some mirroring application, and then they made the transactions and also received the OTPs required to complete the online banking transactions or perhaps the frauds sent her a google document which gave them access to her phone,” the officer clarified.
Now to trace criminals Andheri police are investigating the case by taking help from the cyber police.
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