Saki Naka Jeweller Who Can’t Read English Had Got Alerts On Phone
Sharing bank card details with a caller has made an imitation jeweller lose Rs 1.99 lakh which he had saved for his son’s wedding scheduled to be held in two months.
The amount was withdrawn from the bank account of the wife of Saki Naka resident Suresh Thombre (51). Though Thombre had received transaction alerts on his phone, he did not realise what had happened as he is unable to read English.
The amount was withdrawn in nine transactions and transferred to different accounts.
An official from Saki Naka police station said that they have sought details of the fraudulent transaction from Bank of India. “We want to know which accounts the money was transferred to,” said the official.
Thombre had received a call late in the evening last Thursday. His police complaint states that the caller “scared” him saying that his card would be blocked as it was nearing the expiry. The caller asked him for his ATM card details so that he could help Thombre by preventing the card from being blocked.
The caller then asked Thombre for details of his wife’s card details. The caller then asked him to share the one-time password so that he could start the renewal process and issue a new ATM card, said a police officer. The money was fraudulently transferred between Thursday [January 17] night and the next morning when the last transfer of funds was successfully carried out.
A criminal offence was lodged on Friday.
Thombre has approached the bank, seeking a refund of the amount that was fraudulently transferred Thombre’s nephew, Sudhir Ghanekar, told TOI that his uncle had shared the bank card details after the caller gained his trust by giving out information about his bank accounts. “It is my uncle’s hard-earned money which he had set aside from the profit he made,” Ghanekar said.
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