SBI Hyderabad Circle revealed that the aged buyer, whose spouse can also be a doctor, approached the department to shut his Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) account and switch Rs 30 lakh to his financial savings account
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Quick motion by workers on the State Bank of India’s (SBI) Lothkunta department saved a 78-year-old doctor from falling prey to a Rs 30 lakh rip-off. SBI Hyderabad Circle, in an announcement on November 27, revealed that the aged buyer, whose spouse can also be a doctor, approached the department to shut his Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) account and switch Rs 30 lakh to his financial savings account.
According to reviews, Branch Manager Naveen Kumar grew suspicious after noticing the person receiving fixed calls from people urging him to expedite the transaction. When questioned, the senior citizen claimed the cash was wanted for his spouse’s therapy at a non-public hospital for a mind haemorrhage.
However, additional inquiries by the financial institution workers revealed no affected person by that identify on the hospital. Sensing fraud, the department alerted their Regional Business Office and contacted the police.
The aged man later disclosed that he had been contacted by a person posing as a Delhi Customs Officer, who claimed a parcel containing 16 passports and ATM playing cards had arrived from Malaysia in his identify. Another particular person, pretending to be a senior Delhi Crime Police officer, accused him of being linked to a Rs 88 crore cash laundering case by way of 30 fraudulent financial institution accounts opened utilizing his Aadhaar credentials. The fraudsters demanded he shut his SCSS account and switch the funds.
SBI acknowledged that the workers’s vigilance prevented the person from losing his hard-earned cash. The financial institution suggested clients to report digital frauds instantly by calling 1930 or by way of the federal government portal www.cybercrime.gov.in.
