Mumbai: Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani became a victim of cyber fraud and lost Rs 1.50 lakh after he received a text message in which he was asked to update his Know Your Customer (KYC) details linked to a leading private sector bank, police said on Tuesday.
Shivdasani received a text message that asked him to update his Know Your Customer (KYC) details linked to a private bank. The incident took place on Sunday and a case was registered at the Bandra Police station.
The actor received a message from an unknown number that warned him of bank account suspension if KYC details were not linked to the bank. He further clicked the link and followed the instructions. Following this, he received a debit message that said Rs 1,49,999 was debited from his bank account, the report added. A case has been registered under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 420 (cheating) and sections of the Information Technology (IT) Act.
This is not the first time a Bollywood actor has become a victim of cyber fraud. In 2022, veteran actor Annu Kapoor lost Rs 4.36 lakh in a KYC fraud. In 2016, Nargis Fakhri was conned and lost approximately Rs 6 lakh in an online credit card fraud. Reports said the fraudsters first copied all information and created a clone credit card under the actor’s name.
