71-year-old doctor loses ₹5 lakh in fake customer care scam
71-year-old doctor loses ₹5 lakh in fake customer care scam Published - September 05, 2026 11: 32 pm IST - Bengaluru.
71-year-old doctor loses ₹5 lakh in fake customer care scam Published – September 05, 2026 11: 32 pm IST – Bengaluru.
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Key points
- According to the complaint filed with the East CEN Crime Police, the incident occurred on wednesday around 4.30 pm.
- A 71-year-old doctor from Indiranagar lost ₹5 lakh after allegedly falling victim to a fake customer care scam while trying to return a shirt he ordered online.
- The suspect afterwards contacted him through WhatsApp and allegedly instructed him to follow certain steps.
- Within regarding five minutes, seven transactions totalling ₹5 lakh were produced from his account.
- After the call was disconnected twice, a man identifying himself as Mahindra Pandit allegedly answered the third call and asked the doctor to provide his debit card details.
Notably, a 71-year-old doctor from Indiranagar lost ₹5 lakh after allegedly falling victim to a fake customer care scam while trying to return a shirt he ordered online.
According to the complaint filed with the East CEN Crime Police, the incident occurred on wednesday around 4.30 pm. The complainant remarked he searched for a customer care number on Google to process the return of a shirt.
He contacted a mobile number. After the call was disconnected twice, a man identifying himself as Mahindra Pandit allegedly answered the third call and asked the doctor to provide his debit card details.
Meanwhile, the suspect afterwards contacted him through WhatsApp and allegedly instructed him to follow certain steps. After which the fraudster allegedly gained control of his mobile phone, unknowingly, the doctor followed the instructions.
Within regarding five minutes, seven transactions totalling ₹5 lakh were produced from his account. The victim reportedly received OTP alerts for the transactions but was unable to intervene as his phone was allegedly under the fraudster's control.
In practice, the East CEN Crime Police have registered a case and introduced an investigation to identify the accused and trace the capital transferred from the victim's account. Published – September 05, 2026 11: 32 pm IST.
For now, 71-year-old doctor loses ₹5 lakh in fake customer care scam remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.
