The joint registrar of Burdwan University has been duped of Rs 55,000 which was withdrawn from his bank account.
Debasish Mondal, the victim, has lodged a complaint with the police on the basis of which the latter have started an investigation. Mondal told the police that he received a phone call on Wednesday afternoon when the caller on the other end claimed himself to a bank employee and asked him to provide some right information relating to his account to gain confidence. Mondal thought that the caller might be a genuine employee of the bank and thus he shared all his personal data correctly. The caller asked the university official to share an OTP that he had received on his mobile phone. As he was asked by the caller, Mondal shared his OTP with the caller following which the call was disconnected.
Within a few minutes of the incident, Mondal received a message saying that Rs 55,000 has been debited from his account. The victim then rushed to a branch situated close to the Burdwan University and asked the manager how fraudsters managed to get his personal data. It was learnt that the victim was told that hackers are getting access to personal details relating to someone's bank account as it is linked with the Aadhaar card of the customer.
Mondal later lodged a complaint with Burdwan police station. He also informed the matter to the district police super urging him to nab the culprits. He also talked to the cyber crime department officers at Lalbazar in this regard.
Police have started a probe in this connection. A senior police officer of the cyber crime department said that people must be aware about fraudulent calls. People should not share any personal details relating to his/her account on phone as no bank employees ever ask for these details.