INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
VADODARA: Did any unwarranted beneficiary get added to your net-banking account? Quickly remove the account and notify cops else you might
lose your hard-earned money
Cybercrime sleuths have actually discovered a couple of grievances where victims lost lakhs to conmen in minutes.The occurrences have
actually raised concerns over safety of net banking which is extensively utilized by individuals in addition to business people
As per the problem, an unidentified account got included as a beneficiary in the victims netbanking account
The victim didnt at first pay attention as he felt there must be some error, stated Hardik Makadia, assistant commissioner of cops
But after some time, lakhs were moved from the victims account to the conmans bank account
Surprisingly, the victim didnt get OTP to approve the addition of the beneficiary
We received 3 such complaints of recipients getting added without approval in the city, he included
Cyber frauds typically detach and switch sims of the victim to guarantee that she or he doesnt get OTP
In the past, the police officers have busted gangs that utilized to get the identity documents of the victims and after that look for
detaching their sim cards
The fraudsters then bought new sim cards in the victims names and connected it with their net-banking accounts to siphon money.By the time
the victims learned that their sims had been swapped, they would have lost their cash
But in these cases, sim cards of the victims were quite active
We have actually now written to the banks to determine if this is any technical loophole that the cyber frauds utilized to include
themselves as recipients without approval, Makadia informed TOI.The authorities stated that the net-banking users need to frequently keep a
track of recipients in their accounts
Those accounts that arent used much for deals need to be deleted
