Mysore/Mysuru: In separate incidents, a scientist and two women have lost a total sum of Rs. 6,63,907 to online fraudsters, who have illegally transferred money from their bank accounts.

In the first case, 57-year-old Yashveer Bhatnagar, a Scientist and a resident of an apartment in Yadavagiri, had posted an online advertisement seeking buyers for his household furniture.

A fraudster, who saw the online advertisement with a contact number, called the Scientist on his mobile phone and allegedly transferred Rs. 1,43,999 to his account from the Scientist’s two bank accounts.

In the second case, 27-year-old K.N. Shubhashree, a resident of New Kantharaj Urs Road, received a call on her father’s phone where the caller on the other end told that nominee was not provided to his bank account.

The caller then collected all relevant information and also obtained One Time Password (OTP) sent to Shubhashree mobile phone and illegally transferred Rs. 50,000 from her Bank account.

In the third case, 51-year-old V. Harini, who received a message asking her to update her SIM Card provider ‘Know Your Customer’ (KYC) details, called the number from which she had received the message and she was told to install an App on her phone and update the KYC details. As soon as Harini updated the KYC details on the App, an amount of Rs. 4,69,908 was transferred illegally from her Bank account.

City’s Cyber, Economic and Narcotics (CEN) Crime Police, who have registered separate cases are investigating.