Man gets Rs 2.8 lakh loan, loses Rs 2.1 lakh to e-con in hours

MUMBAI: An accountant lost Rs 2.10 lakh after online fraudsters hacked into his net banking and made at least six fraudulent fund transfers. A case was registered at MIDC police station on Wednesday. The money was transferred fraudulently a few hours after Andheri resident, HC Vijay (38), mortgaged his gold and got a loan of Rs 2.8 lakh.

Vijay, who was facing a financial crunch, mortgaged his gold ornaments. The bank passed the loan and Rs 2.8 lakh was credited to his account.

Vijay did not receive any SMS alerts for the six transactions nor did he use any banking app on his mobile nor had received any one-time password to carry out fund transfers.