— By FPJ Bureau | Apr 09, 2018 08:46 am
Indore: A conman posing as manager of Reserve Bank of India duped a person of Rs 40,000 in the name of linking Aadhaar with his bank account on Saturday. The victim lodged a complaint with MIG police when he received a SMS of money debit from his bank account.
Nehru Nagar resident Ritik Jain lodged a complaint that he had received a phone call from an unidentified number in which a person introduced himself as the manager of RBI and asked to link his Aadhaar number with bank account. Jain first refused to give Aadhaar detail but the conman warned him and said that it is mandatory to link Aadhaar after which the accused told him to tell last three digit of his Aadhaar.
Jain informed the police that after giving three digit of his Aadhaar to the conman, a SMS was received that Rs 40,200 has been deducted from the account. He also tried to contact the persons but his mobile number was switched off. The bank officials had informed Jain that money from his account was spent on online shopping. Police are trying to trace the accused on the basis of the mobile number given by the complainant.