Man losses Rs 46 Lakh in online fraud
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Rakesh Shah business man at Gujarat loses Rs 46 Lakh in online fraud after getting missed call from unknown number. He was at home while he got missed call after sometimes his sim tower got blocked following his sim got totally deactivated, later he went ro Vodofone-idea and got postpaid activated.
After sending an email in the night, Shah’s mobile phone was switched off at around 10pm. The next morning he realised that both SIM cards had been blocked again. He came to know that his mobile was activated by activating a postpaid number and deactivating his prepaid number.
Following this occurrence, he went to the Bank of Baroda and was astounded to hear that 46 lakh had been removed from his bank account. The funds were sent to the bank accounts of Sonai Das, Rohit Roy, and Rakesh Vishwakarma using RTGS and IAPS. Following this event, a report was filed with the cyber crime branch, and the police discovered that Rs 46.36 lakh was removed through 11 transactions.
