Chandigarh: Three city residents were duped of over Rs 6.5 lakh in separate cyber fraud cases involving unauthorised credit card transactions, a fake bank call and a bogus utility payment link. Cybercrime police have registered three FIRs and launched investigations.In the first case, Col Rajiv Kumar Bindal (retd) of Sector 21 reported three fraudulent transactions worth Rs 3.05 lakh on his Axis Bank credit card on July 28. He received SMS alerts for transactions of Rs 4,999, Rs 2 lakh and Rs 1 lakh, which he said were unauthorised.In another case, Ashok Kumar Banta, a retired bank officer from Sector 44, received a call from a man posing as a Punjab National Bank official offering a retirement benefits card. After sharing his ATM card details, Banta lost over Rs 2.26 lakh, including transfers from his account and an online payment to Amazon Pay. He later informed the bank, which froze his accounts.In the third incident, Amarjit Singh of Sector 47-C was allegedly cheated of Rs 2.30 lakh after a caller posing as an Adani Gas employee sent him a fake payment link to clear a pending bill of Rs 13. After sharing his card details, Singh reported three unauthorised credit card transactions.Police are investigating all three cases.Blurb:A retired Army officer, a retired banker and a Sector 47 resident were collectively duped of over ₹6.5 lakh in three separate cyber fraud cases.
