2 duped in city by cyber criminals

Lucknow: Two persons were duped in separate cases of cyber crime in the city.
In the first case, Sumit Srivastava of Sector 6, Vrindavan Colony, informed the police that he was duped of Rs 74,000 in the name of KYC updation on January 9.
“I got a call from a person posing as a bank executive who asked me to update my KYC details. As soon as I clicked on the link sent on my mobile number, Rs 74,000 was deducted from my bank account,” he said.
In another case, a man lost over Rs 16,000 after miscreants tricked him to reveal his bank account details. Sandeep Bali of Gomtinagar said he had ordered a jacket online after going through an advertisement on Facebook.
“I paid the money for the jacket but it didn’t get delivered..When I called on the number mentioned on the site, I was asked to give my bank details for refund. I followed the instructions and found that Rs 16,100 was withdrawn from my bank account,” he said.