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Ahmedabad: Cardholder dials helpline, loses Rs 50,000 to ‘con call’

AHMEDABAD: A 42-year-old man who called up the customer care number to learn how to activate his credit card ended up losing Rs 50,000 to a cybercrook. Dhaval Patel, who works as a head clerk at Gujarat University, filed a complaint with Naranpura police.

On January 23, Patel had received a credit card and a letter from a private bank with details about credit card activation.

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