An online fraud has come into light in which, 48-year-old Abhay Sharad Bapat, chief manager of Janata Sahakari Bank in Shukrawar Peth, has lost Rs 53,528. Bapat, in July 2007 got an American Express Card of the ICICI bank. He told that he accepted the card as it was free but never used it.
Bapat said. “I have not used the card even once. In February, I got an SMS from the ICICI bank saying that money to the tune of Rs 53,000 from my account has been transferred to the account of Eseva Epayments Company in Hyderabad through two online transactions”.
He added, “I informed the customer care service of ICICI immediately that I never did these transactions. I was asked to file a written complaint on receiving the bill of these transactions”.
He informed, “I got the bill on March 16 and the same day I filed a complaint that my card has been misused. The bank gave me a complaint number. Even after this, the recovery agents of the bank started coming to my house and workplace demanding money. I also received several calls from the bank asking me to pay the amount”.
He further added, “I repeatedly contacted the ICICI customer care officials requesting them to stop the nuisance. But still the pestering by agents and phone calls continued. Finally, I approached the cyber cell of Pune police two weeks back”.
On Tuesday case has been transferred to the Kothrud police station. Police believes that a cyber fraudster must have stolen the secret information of Bapat’s card. The case has been handed over to police-sub inspector S N Choudhary for investigation.
In the meantime, Home Minister R R Patil has informed that help will be taken from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for nabbing the Nigerian fraudsters involved in the credit card fraud at Le-Meredien hotel. On Tuesday in the State Assembly, Patil also announced an award of Rs 50,000 for the Pune police team for exposing the fraud with the arrest of eight persons in the case.
Award announcement was made in the assembly after MLA Chandrakant Chhajed gave a statement in which he pointed out there has been rise in online fraud cases which has created fear in the minds of credit card holders.
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