Hyderabad: Man trying to avail personal loan duped of Rs. 2.1 lakh by cyber fraudsters
The man had applied for a personal loan and had eventually received a call on WhatsApp from unknown person who claimed to be an executive of ‘Reliance Capital’. The caller then collected details of Aadhaar, PAN card and bank statement.
Hyderabad: A 51 year-old man who was trying to avail a personal loan through a financial institution was duped of Rs. 2.10 lakh by cyber fraudsters.
According to the police, the man had applied for a personal loan and had eventually received a call on WhatsApp from unknown person who claimed to be an executive of ‘Reliance Capital’. The caller then collected details of Aadhaar, PAN card and bank statement. After sometime, the executive sent a letter to the man informing that he was eligible for a loan.
However, on the pretext of different charges, the executive through online mode collected Rs. 2,10,559 from the victim, said Cybercrime police. The police based on a complaint, registered a case and are investigating.
