Noida: A retired senior officer with Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was cheated of nearly Rs 3 lakh by fraudsters, police said on Monday. The crime happened on December 14, 2021, while an FIR was registered at Beta 2 police station on February 7.
Rabindra Pandey — a retired IG and a resident of Greater Noida — in December, he had visited a nearby SBI branch and met the branch manager to lodge a compliant regarding deductions from his account for a credit card, he didn’t own.
“I met the branch manager and she asked me to file a complaint online and to post the matter on Twitter,” Pandey said. “I posted my complaint on Twitter and after one hour a person called me up and said he is from SBI credit card department. He asked me to download QuickSupport app and open my profile and click on the credit card option,” the complaint reads.
“In the application, I didn’t find anything like SBI credit card and got suspicious. I received messages that three transaction were done from my account —two of Rs 99,999 each and one of Rs 97,000,” Pandey said.
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Noida: A retired senior officer with Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was cheated of nearly Rs 3 lakh by fraudsters, police said on Monday. The crime happened on December 14, 2021, while an FIR was registered at Beta 2 police station on February 7. Rabindra Pandey — a retired IG and a resident of Greater Noida — in December, he had visited a nearby SBI branch and met the branch manager to lodge a compliant regarding deductions from his account for a credit card, he didn’t own.“I met the branch manager and she asked me to file a complaint online and to post the matter on Twitter,” Pandey said. “I posted my complaint on Twitter and after one hour a person called me up and said he is from SBI credit card department. He asked me to download QuickSupport app and open my profile and click on the credit card option,” the complaint reads.“In the application, I didn’t find anything like SBI credit card and got suspicious. I received messages that three transaction were done from my account —two of Rs 99,999 each and one of Rs 97,000,” Pandey said.FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail