Security guard working for Sachin Tendulkar loses Rs 8,200 to cyber fraud

A 32-year-old man, who works as a private security guard for former India cricket captain and batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, fell prey to a cyber-fraud where the fraudster called him posing as a banking executive and tricked him into transferring Rs 8,200 on the pretext of processing a loan amount. The fraudster asked the complainant to send Rs 10,000 after which he will get Rs 1.50 lakh loan but the latter smelt a rat and approached the local police.

An FIR was registered on his complaint by the Bandra police station on July 14. The complainant told the police that he received a phone call at 10 am on July 13 from a cyber-fraudster who posed as an executive of Kotak Mahindra bank and asked him if he required a loan.