PANAJI
In yet another cyber-related fraud, a woman was cheated of Rs 10.53 lakh by a conman on the pretext of updating her KYC (Know Your Customer).
The victim, Joline Almeida, a resident of Fatorda lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime Cell of Goa Police alleging that a caller, who impersonated an employee of State Bank of India (SBI) duped her of the whopping amount over a period of time in April and October months of the year.
The conman asked the woman, in her mid-40s, to update her KYC through a ‘quick support application.’ This allowed the cyber criminal to access her mobile phone by way of which he transferred Rs 10.53 lakh from the complainant’s SBI account to another account in different transactions using computer resources.
A case under sections 419 (impersonation) and 420 (cheating) read with 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code and 66-D of Information Technology Act has been registered against the unknown accused.
Cyber experts' teams have been formed to identify and arrest the criminal, and recover the stolen amount.
