Fraudster poses as UIDAI exec, dupes woman

A Mumbai-based woman was duped of Rs 45,000 in debit card fraud after a caller posing as a government officer from Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) transferred money from her account on the pretext of linking her bank account with her Aadhar card. The victim, Deepika Tiwari, who works with a private company, received a call from Sachin, who introduced himself as an executive from UIDAI.

"He asked me for my CVV number and number of my debit card and asked me to share the verification message password." The victim unsuspectingly shared the OTP after which she received SMS alerts of bank transaction.

"I immediately informed the bank and tried to lodge a complaint at Dindoshi police station but they refused citing jurisdiction of another police station," she added. "We have received a complaint and our probe is on," said a police officer from Dindoshi police station.