Guwahati: The Assam police CID successfully tracked down a fraudster who stole more than Rs 10 lakh from a Guwahati resident on Friday.
The agency claims that the fraudster phoned the victim on Thursday pretending to be a bank representative. He then asked the woman to give the OTP in order to clear a cheque that had been sent to the victim’s mobile number, and the woman did so unintentionally.
After that, the fraudster withdrew Rs. 11, 09,202 from her account.
Following this, the victim’s wife promptly reported the incident to Citizen Financials’ 24-hour helpline number 1930 for cyber fraud reporting and management.
“The CID, Assam swung into action and traced the transaction, alerted concerned bank nodal officers over phone and through e-mail and trailed the funds within 24 hours. CID was able to trace and freeze Rs. 10.18 lacs; (Rs. 10 lacs at the State Bank of India and Rs. 18,000 at the Federal Bank). Necessary follow-up action is being taken to refund the fraud amount to the victim and a case is being registered,” said CID in a statement.
However, the fraudster’s arrest is still awaiting.