Spurt in KYC fraud in e-wallet in Pune: cyber police

The city has seen a sharp spike in know your customer (KYC) fraud in an e-wallet and at least seven to eight complaints have been registered in the last two days, according to cyber crime police. Senior police inspector Jayram Paigude of the cyber crime police station, said, “The sleuths of the Pune cyber crime have found a sudden spurt in the number of KYC-related frauds in a particular e-wallet. In the past two days alone, we received seven to eight complaint applications.”In one of the cases, a fast food business owner in his 40s got a text message about his KYC which provided him with a phone number to call. When he called the number, the receiver told the complainant that the KYC was about to end and that his online wallet account will stop working at the end of the period. To update the KYC information, the man on the call asked the complainant to share details like name, phone number, Aadhaar card, PAN card, among others and put his call on hold, according to the police.“As soon as the call was put on hold, Rs 80,000 was debited from his bank account.

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