A retired police officer complained to the police that he lost ₹ 6.24 lakh from his bank account after his son shared an OTP with an OTP, who identified himself as an officer of the State Bank of India.
According to the complaint filed with the cybercrime police, the retired officer said that a person claiming to be an officer from SBI made a call on his cell phone on 4 March. His son picked up the phone. The person said that the account was deducted from the account of 2 lakh account holder and that he (officer) needed OTP to reverse the amount in the account in the Bunder branch of SBI.
Assuming this to be true, the son shared the OTP. After a few minutes, he received an SMS about the money being deducted from the account. On checking with the bank, the retired officer found that the amount deducted from his account was deposited in various accounts in New Delhi.
The police have registered the case.
Another case
In another complaint filed with the cybercrime police, the father of a Mangaluru research student alleged that a professor at a university in Guntur in Andhra Pradesh harassed her daughter by posting a morphed picture on social media.
The complainant said that her daughter had been pursuing her doctorate at Srinivas University in Mangaluru since 2019. Professor Konduru Sudhir Kumar of Acharya Nagarjuna University offered to be a co-guide in his research. Variety declined the offer because it lacked the necessary qualifications. Kumar then started calling the student and started harassing her. The complainant stated that he produced a picture of her and posted it online. The police have registered a case and are investigating.
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