Money lost in online scam recovered

CHENNAI: The Madhavaram Cyber Crime cell acted swiftly and recovered Rs 44,500 which was stolen from a constable.The victim Venkatesan (29) is an Armed Reserve Constable from Puzhal. On December 8, a man posing as staff of State Bank of India informed that he was calling regarding increasing the credit card limit for his account.

“Venkatesan trusted the man since he had already applied for increasing the limit for his card. However, the fraudster had asked for OTP sent to his mobile phone and withdrew Rs 54,345 from SBI and a private bank,” said SI Suresh.