Mysore/Mysuru: Miscreants in the guise of bank employees have allegedly cheated a city industrialist of over Rs. 21 lakh on the pretext of increasing the credit card limit.

On Sept. 4, the 76-year-old industrial, a resident of Yadavagiri, got a message from Mob: +4478327-25604, which asked for his e-mail ID, date of birth and the details of his HDFC credit card to increase the credit limit. The miscreants then called on his mobile phone and collected the details.

Later, the miscreants transferred a sum of Rs. 1,00,485 from the industrialist’s credit card to an unknown account following which the industrialist blocked his credit card. But the next day, the miscreants transferred a total of Rs. 20 lakh from the IDFC Bank account of the industrialist, thus cheating him.

A complaint has been registered at city’s CEN Police Station.