Team Goemkarponn
PORVORIM: A 70-year-old resident of Alto Porvorim was cheated of ₹2,10,476 by an unknown person who impersonated himself as an HDFC Bank official on the pretext of updating KYC details.
According to police, the complainant, Subhash Bhalchandra Joshi of PDA Colony, Sawali House, Alto Porvorim, reported the incident on April 8 at 7:42 pm. He stated that the fraud occurred in the early hours of April 3 at around 12:59 am, when he received a call from an unknown individual claiming to be from HDFC Bank.
The caller allegedly convinced the complainant to open his net banking and enable screen sharing on his mobile phone, purportedly to complete the KYC update. After gaining remote access to the device, the accused carried out unauthorized transactions and withdrew a total of ₹2,10,476 from the complainant’s bank account.
Police said the victim later realized he had been cheated and lodged a complaint. Further investigation is in progress under PSI Dishan Naik.
