Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani, best known for films like “Masti” and “Hungama”, recently got himself trapped in a cyber fraud and lost Rs 1.5 lakh, as per a PTI report. He received a text message on his phone and was asked to update his KYC details linked to a private sector bank, police told PTI on Tuesday.
This cyber fraud incident with Aftab Shivdasani took place on Sunday and the case was registered the next, a Bandra police station confirmed. He said that the actor received a text message from an unknown number, instructing him to update his KYC details linked to the bank. In case of no action, his account would be suspended. Subsequently, the actor followed instructions to update KYC details and upon completion, he received a text stating that Rs 1,49,999 had been debited from his account.
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He later contacted the private sector bank’s branch manager on Monday and the police filed a complaint on the same, as per officials.
A case has been registered under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 420 (related to cheating), along with sections of the Information Technology (IT) Act.
Similar cases have taken place recently. Jackie Shroff’s wife Ayesha Shroff recently filed a cheating case after being defrauded of Rs 58 lakh.
In a separate incident last year, an individual was arrested for deceiving actor Annu Kapoor by pretending to update his bank KYC details. Under the pretence of completing the procedure, the fraudster managed to obtain the actor’s banking information and then coerced him into revealing the OTP. Subsequently, the actor received a call from the bank’s customer care, notifying him that his account had been compromised, and Rs 4.36 lakh had been fraudulently transferred.
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