Pune: A 63-year-old woman, wife of a prominent builder in the city, lost Rs5.55 lakh to cybrerfrauds on March 14 after she mistakenly shared her banking credentials with them while running an online search for a doctor’s appointment.The woman first submitted a complaint application to the Pune cyberpolice. After studying it, a formal FIR was registered with the Deccan Gymkhana police on Sunday.Senior inspector Girisha Nimbalkar of the Deccan Gymkhana police said, “The builder’s wife wanted to get an appointment of a prominent ENT surgeon. The fraudsters had uploaded their cellphone numbers on a misleading website posing as the surgeon.”She said, “The victim had a severe headache and sinus problem on March 14. She ran an online search to book an appointment with the surgeon, she found a phone number on a webpage and dialled it. A person answered her call and promised to fix an appointment with the doctor soon. He sent her an online form on her messaging application and told her to fill it up. The builder’s wife did so.”Nimbalkar said, “The online form had a link to a remote access software. It prompted the complainant to fill in all her banking credentials. When she called up the person who sent her the form, the latter told her to make a payment of Rs5 from her UPI application to book the doctor’s appointment. The woman transferred the money without any suspicion. In a jiffy, the suspects siphoned off Rs5.55 lakh from her bank account.“
