A 40-year-old housewife from Darave village in Seawood lost ₹6.98 lakh after sharing her OTP (one-time password) 28 times with a cyber fraud. The incident happened between May 17 and 23 when she received a call from a fraudster claiming to be manager of the State Bank of India. “The fraudster told the lady that he was from SBI and that her ATM card was blocked. He asked her to share her ATM card details and pin number to unblock the card. He called her again asking to share the OTP number that she received. He also told her to delete any other message from the bank,” Police Inspector (Crime) Bhaguji Auti said.

A 40-year-old housewife from Darave village in Seawood lost ₹6.98 lakh after sharing her OTP (one-time password) 28 times with a cyber fraud. The incident happened between May 17 and 23 when she received a call from a fraudster claiming to be manager of the State Bank of India. “The fraudster told the lady that he was from SBI and that her ATM card was blocked. He asked her to share her ATM card details and pin number to unblock the card. He called her again asking to share the OTP number that she received. He also told her to delete any other message from the bank,” Police Inspector (Crime) Bhaguji Auti said.