Online fraud: Rs. 1.08 lakh illegally withdrawn from Bank account
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Online fraud: Rs. 1.08 lakh illegally withdrawn from Bank account

August 9, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: A fraudster, who called a person and sent him a website link to activate a credit card, has illegally transferred Rs.1,08,788 from the person’s Bank account, thus cheating him.

The person, who lost his money, is A. Koragappa, Senior Superintendent of the Mysuru Division Postal Department.

Koragappa received a call from Mobile number 62066-43941 and the caller asked Koragappa to click on the link sent to him on his mobile phone to activate the credit card. When Koragappa clicked on the link, an amount of Rs.1,08,778 was immediately transferred from his (Koragappa) Bank account.  

A case has been registered at City’s CEN Police Station.

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