South Delhi resident loses over Rs 1 lakh in OTP scam

NEW DELHI: A South Delhi resident fell victim to a scam when fraudsters posing as bank officials tricked him into revealing his OTPs.
The complainant, a resident of Neb Sarai Extension, told police that he received a phone call from someone claiming to be a bank official. The caller informed him that he needed verification to close his credit card.
"The caller told me that an OTP would be generated on my registered mobile number and asked me to share it with him.Believing this to be true, I received OTP messages. After sharing the OTPs, the caller informed me that my credit card would be closed permanently," the complainant said.
Later, he received a call from the bank's customer care informing him of purchases made with his credit card and offering to convert them to EMI options.
The complainant informed them that he had never used the card for any transactions. They told him that the card had been used for shopping. "Upon inspecting my phone, I realised that I had been defrauded by unknown persons who had siphoned off money from my account by tricking me into sharing OTPs under the guise of closing my credit card," the complainant added.
He was duped of more than Rs 1 lakh. A case was registered on September 19 at the cyber police station in South Delhi.