Fraudsters emptied the account of a Durgapur businessman by calling the bank manager
How did the bank authorities transfer so much money to another account just believing the phone call?
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Fraudsters swindled the manager of a state-owned bank and swindled around Rs 1.60 lakh from a businessman. The deceived businessman has lodged a written complaint with the police station.
The incident took place on May 4, when a man called the Benachiti branch manager of a state-owned bank in Benachiti Bazar, Durgapur, on the phone at around 4 pm and said that he needed money due to illness. With an account number, the man asked the manager of the state-owned bank to quickly transfer some amount of about Rs 12 lakh. But the manager then said, there is not so much money in the account. Then he asked from the other side of the phone, how much is there? In reply, the branch manager said about two lakhs. As soon as the answer comes from the other side of the phone, send 1.60 lakh rupees.
Meanwhile, the account section of the office of that automobile trader in Benachiti Bazar went to check the accounts and saw that one lakh seventy thousand rupees had disappeared from the account. The trader immediately contacted the bank. He was shocked to hear the bank manager.
The businessman lodged a written complaint with the Durgapur Police Station and the Commissionerate's Cyber Crime Police Station on Tuesday. His question is, how did the bank authorities transfer so much money to another account without any confirmation, believing only the words of the phone?
On the same day, RA of Benachiti branch was getting a trap in a bank and the fraudsters, but when the manager of that bank called the automobile dealer directly, the fraud attempt was exposed. The bank authorities have lodged a written complaint with the police station.
Durgapur Police Station and Asansol Durgapur Police Cyber Police Station have started investigation into the incident after receiving complaints. According to the information, the Durgapur Cyber Crime Branch of the Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate alone has registered about 250 to 300 cases in the last three months.
The chief manager of the bank's Benachiti branch refused to say anything in front of the camera. He said on the phone, the investigation has started.
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