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Posing arsenic lawsuit attraction executives of a telecom company, fraudsters allegedly duped a 47-year-old backstage steadfast worker from HSR Layout of ₹11.9 lakh nether the pretext of activating an e-SIM card.
According to the police, the unfortunate received a telephone connected May 7. The caller allegedly introduced himself arsenic a lawsuit attraction enforcement of Airtel and convinced him to activate an e-SIM service.
Investigators said the fraudster gained power of the complainant’s mobile fig connected different device, enabling unauthorised entree to banking SMS alerts and OTPs linked to his account.
Using the intercepted OTPs, the accused allegedly transferred ₹11,90,002 from the victim’s account.
The unfortunate filed a ailment connected May 12 astatine the South East Division Cyber Crime Police Station.
