Jagatsinghpur: With a rise in cyber frauds and scammers, an elderly man in Jagatsinghpur district lost Rs 27,000 after falling prey to a fraudster.
The victim has been identified as Debabrat Sahu, a retired employee of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO).
Reportedly, Sahu got a call from an unknown number, informing him about cash deduction from his account and offered him help to block the bank account if he will give his consent. The fraudster also read out his credentials. Though the numbers were correct, Sahu denied suspecting it to be a proxy call.
Later, the caller said that Rs 20,000 has already been deducted from his account and it will continue unless the victim gave his consent to block the transaction. However, Sahu disconnected the call.
The fraudster called him again to inform him that another Rs 7,000 has been debited from his account.
Following this, Sahu checked his account on his app and found that Rs 27,000 was deducted in two transactions.
With no option left, the victim lodged a complaint with the cyber police. On the basis of the complaint, police registered a case and initiated an investigation to nab the scammers.
