₹70,000 Gone In 15 Minutes! Indore Man Falls For Fake Bank Credit SMS Scam
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A man was duped of Rs 70,000 in the Chandan Nagar area after a cyber fraudster tricked him using fake bank credit SMS notifications. According to the police, the incident took place on Aug 20. The victim, Ajay Singh Solanki, a resident of Sirpur Village on Dhar Road, filed a complaint explaining how he was manipulated into transferring his own money. Solanki received a…
An Indore man, Ajay Singh Solanki, lost Rs 70,000 in just 15 minutes to a cyber fraudster who used fake bank credit SMS notifications in a sophisticated scam. The victim, from Sirpur Village on Dhar Road, received a call from an unknown number displaying the name "Kapil" on his Truecaller app. The caller claimed to know Solanki personally and stated he was transferring Rs 25,000 into Solanki's bank account.
Solanki, trusting the SMS he received, transferred Rs 10,000 and Rs 15,000 in two separate transactions to another number. Moments later, the scammer called again with a request for an additional Rs 50,000, which Solanki transferred in multiple smaller amounts. Upon realizing the fraud, Solanki checked his bank account and discovered that no funds had been credited, nor were the incoming SMS alerts genuine.
The police registered a case under relevant sections of the Banking Regulation Act and initiated an investigation.
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