MUMBAI: Timely action initiated by the Powai police cyber cell helped 23-year-old Vani Sachdeva get back Rs 46,028 fraudulently siphoned from her bank account after the fraudster had made her download ‘Team Viewer/Quick Support’ on July 30. She received the full amount on Thursday, after the police made the bank freeze the account to which the money was credited after she approached them in the ‘Golden Hour’ soon after the fraud.
Upon receiving the complaint, DCP (zone X) Maheshwar Reddy supervised Powai police senior inspector Budhan Sawant, inspector Ganesh Patil, sub-inspector (cyber) Sudhir Pilane who got in touch with the Nodal officers of the e-wallet, and the bank, and blocked the transactions. Pilane said that the fraud occurred when Sachdev downloaded the app after the fraudster called on her mother’s mobile and informed her to update KYC. The fraudster got access to her mobile and stole the banking details.
DCP Reddy said this is the second time the Powai police has managed to save money in online frauds in less than a month. Only July 21, a 40-year-old Mulund resident, employed in a financial company in Powai, had received Rs92,000 in his account that was siphoned in online fraud, two days after he his April salary was credited.
In another incident, the Oshiwara police managed to save Rs1.99 lakh that the fraudster had siphoned from the bank account of an 80-year-old Lokhandwala resident on July 27. The money was reversed to Chandraprakash Jaju’s account within 24 hours after the police got the account frozen.
