Cybercrime police recover Rs 1 lakh lost in online fraud

Surat: An insurance agent received Rs 1 lakh back on Sunday which he had lost to an online credit card fraud on August 2.
The victim’s immediate steps helped police recover the money, Cyber Crime police said.
Mathuraprasad Jayswal, 35, a Dindoli resident, was shocked when he received an SMS on his mobile informing him about spending more than Rs 1 lakh on his credit card.Jayswal immediately realised that it was an act of the fraudster who had collected his credit card number and One Time Password (OTP) some time ago over phone.
He soon dialed 100 on police control room and also reached Cyber Crime police station. Collecting details about the transaction police started process to stop the money from being transferred to other accounts.
“The victim contacted police in two hours of him receiving the message alert of spending. Due to this police got enough time to recover the money,” said A K Chauhan, police inspector, Cyber Crime police station.
An inquiry in the incident by police revealed that Jayswal, has a credit card and he received a call from an unknown number offering him a new credit card.
“The money was spent through a payment gateway of no brokerage merchant and in this case the money was with the merchant for four hours. It was not transferred to the destination account hence we could recover it quickly,” added the police officer.