Maharashtra: Six duped of Rs 5 lakh by cyber fraudsters

Six people in Maharashtra's Thane city have been duped of Rs 5.04 lakh allegedly from persons posing as Paytm employees, an official said on Thursday. One of complainants told police that on December 29, he got a call from a person, who claimed to be from Paytm team and asked him to update his KYC, police spokesperson Sukha Narkar said.

caller asked complainant to downlo 'Quick Support' app on his mobile phone and make a payment of Rs 10 on it for updating KYC. He also asked complainant to share his Ahaar and PAN numbers, which victim did, Narkar said. complainant n got several messs over next two days of withdrawals collectively worth Rs 1.2 lakh from his bank account in deminations of Rs 9,999, Rs 4,999 and Rs 2,999, she said.

When victim approached police on Wednesday, he found five more people re with similar complaints. According to Narkar, six victims were allegedly duped of Rs 5.04 lakh by fraudsters using similar modus operandi. Based on complaints, a case was registered on Wednesday under Indian Penal Code Sections 420 (cheating) and 34 (common intention) and provisions of Information Techlogy Act, official said, ding that arrest was me so far.