Hyderabad: In a strange cybercrime case, a city resident was about to lose Rs.1.9 crore in an OTP fraud. The strange aspect was that the victim never was approached by any scamster. He reacted quickly and approached the bank which helped freeze an amount of Rs.1.5 crore.
On Thursday morning, the victim started receiving OTPs purportedly from the bank he has an account with — AU Small Finance Bank. The victim checked with the bank regarding the OTPs but it was clueless.
Later, to the victim’s shock, he received a message about Rs.1.9 crore being debited from his account.
The victim reported the same to the bank, which froze Rs.1.5 crore payments. Another Rs.40 lakh was sent to other accounts by the fraudster. The victim then reached out to the Hyderabad cybercrimes unit, who registered a case.
Investigating Officer Satish Reddy told Deccan Chronicle, “The victim reported the crime at the right time, else he would have lost their money. He is suspecting that the victim’s email got hacked. However, we will be investigating further into the case.”
