Nov 7- A Maharashtra native presently residing at Sirsaim, Thivim was duped to th etune of Rs 3.18 lakh by a fraudster on the pretext of unblocking his blocked bank account. As per the complaint filed in this regards unidentified person using mobile numbers- 9263735396, 9508397526 and 8210917244 sent SMS to the complainant on his mobile stating that complainant’s bank account is blocked and he needs to call another phone number to unblock the account. Assuming that the message might be regarding his pension, complainant contacted the phone number 9508397526 wherein he was asked to provide Aadhar card details and on receipt of OTP by the complainant, the accused person asked complainant to share the said OTP. Following this Rs 3,18,173 were transferred from his Saving Bank account and pension account.
