Cyber Crime - On The Prowl - 497
CYBER CRIME / ON THE PROWL
There have been innumerable posts in the Social Media and the Visual Media on the various methods employed to clean you up all your savings from your Bank Accounts .
The easiest way for the hacker is to get to know your OTP NUMBER during any transaction
Yesterday around 10 in the morning there was a call on my Landline . The person went on to inform me that he was the Bank Manager of the Bank where I had my Account and that my KYC OR KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER form needs to be updated as otherwise my ATM CARD would be blocked and I would not be able to make further use of the same .
FOUR rather perplexing thoughts came to my mind .
1 ) The warnings in the Social and Visual Media .
2) My Landline number which I myself have a hard time remembering was being used only to support my Internet Connection and I clearly remember never having mentioned it at any other place or forum .
3 ) The Branch Manager of the Largest Public Sector Bank in the Country must surely be having far more important work on hand at 10 .00 am in the morning than verify the KYC of an account holder . Ambasamudram Branch of the Bank does have a very high clientele and is extremely busy on most days .
4 ) Though he spoke in Tamil, the accent and the tone in the voice made it abundantly clear that he was not a Tamilian but a North Indian who was trying his best to appear a Tamilian .
I figured that the best way possible would be to somehow get over with the conversation . I told him the card getting blocked was not an issue at all as I hardly had any money in my account .
He was quick to respond that he knew exactly how much money I held in my account and that I would not be able to make use of the card unless the KYC was updated .
Now , this got me thinking . I told him that my Landline Connection was very weak in a remote place like Agasthiarpatty and that I had trouble following him clearly . I asked him to instead contact me on my mobile number ( this was my tablet number which had absolutely no connection with my online Banking ) and I gave this it to him .
His response was immediate . He mentioned to his colleague which I could clearly hear that * SALA B C , mobile me baat Karna chaahta hai , taaki hum number se pakde jaayen"
He responded that the Bank provided him only with land line connection for all his official transactions .
I now became certain that this was a hoax . Being raised in the North , I too have a fair collection of choice expletives in my Hindi Vocabulary and let out the same in full fury at him . He immidiately cut off the link .
SO FOLKS , BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU GET SUCH CALLS
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