FIR NO 50 OF 2023 SECTION 419, 420 AND SECTION 66c, 66d OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY aCT 2008 AT SAMTA NAGAR POLICE STATION, KANDIVALI EAST

Complainant:   Vikas Dattaram Pawar

Address:  C-402, Gayatri Satsang, Thakur Village, Kandivali (East), Mumbai 400101 

Sections invoked:  419, 420 of the Indian penal code, 1860, Section  66c, 66d of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008

First Information Report: C R No 050 of 2023, Samta Nagar Police Station, Kandivali East 

Date: January 20, 2023

Accused;- Unknown

The gist of the Complaint: Translated from Marathi to English on best effort basis.

The Complainant, aged 66 years, resides with his wife Saroj & Son Tushar at the above-mentioned address and possesses personal Mobile. No.9987362415. The Complainant is a retired person. The Complainant’s son works as an employee of the TIMES NOW media office, and the Family is financially dependent on his earnings.

On 29.11.2023, The Complainant was at his residence at 6:00 pm, when he realized that on his abovementioned mobile number, he had received an SMS from the mobile number 919663502741 at 11.05 am, which is detailed as under (Message written in English)

“Dear Consumer, your electricity power will be disconnected tonight 09.30 pm, your previous month bill is not updated, please immediately contact customer care support at 9123075041, Thank you. “

After that, The Complainant called on the given mobile number i.e. 9123075041 to inquire about the matter fearing that house electricity will be cut off. The call was not received from the other end.  Shortly after that the accused called from mobile number 09899003763 and told his name as Abhishek Sharma, and said  “ I am talking from Adani Electricity, and as you have not paid last month’s bill you have to pay Rs.1 charge, failing which  your house electricity will be cut off.” 

The accused then tactfully made conversation with the complainant to derive his bank account number of Bank of Baroda-30770100014643 with Debit Card No. 6521515075258099 and Pin No. 1956 of the same, and also his other bank account details i.e. Shamrao Vitthal Bank Co-operative Bank Account No. 118703130000476 with Debit Card No. 4378992201543406 and Pin No. 092612 of the same, and also received OTP for the transaction received on complainant’s mobile.

After some time, the complainant received a message on his mobile no. 9987362415 intimating Rs. 49480/- from the Bank of Baroda account and Rs. 12166/- from the Shamrao Vitthal Bank Co-op Bank account, totaling Rs. 61646/-, have been debited.

Thereby legal complaint against the above-described unknown person is filed, with the intention of lying to the complainant through online fraud from his mobile number 09663502741 / 09899003763. The complainant shared the screenshot of the transaction done on said day.

On 02.12.2022 an online complaint has been filed on the Grievance Redressal Portal regarding the above incident.   The Complainant’s statement was recorded in Marathi and also a copy of the same was handed over to him and he confirmed the veracity of the same