Pune woman attempts to get her bank assertion online, loses Rs eleven lakh in online rip-off.

A Pune-based woman lost Rs 11 lakh after she tried seeking help to obtain an online statement of her bank account.

Since the beginning of this year, we were listening to approximately on-line scams which are inflicting people to lose their tough-earned money to fraudsters. In many cases, the scammers earn the sufferers agree with on the pretext of offering them a new activity or helping them out with something. In a comparable incident, a female from Pune lost around Rs eleven lakh while she tried searching for assist to acquire an online assertion of her financial institution account.

Woman loses Rs eleven lakh
A police legit informed TOI that the female has an account with a "public region financial institution" and wanted to obtain an online assertion of her account in July this yr. "The lady has an account with a public-region financial institution. On July 28, she attempted to attain the web assertion of her financial institution account via traveling the financial institution's internet site but failed to do so," he said.

She attempted doing so by means of journeying the financial institution's website however turned into not able to get the announcement. Then, the woman looked for assist online.

She got helpline range on-line and contacted it. The character who answered the lady's smartphone said that he may want to help if she downloads a far flung get admission to software program. Believing that the man or woman may want to assist her in getting an internet bank announcement, the lady downloaded a far flung get right of entry to software, as told, and even shared her financial institution account info with the stranger on telephone. The scammers then requested her to try and get her financial institution announcement through the use of the official website of the financial institution. After this, Rs 11 lakh have been withdrawn from her bank account, the TOI record states.