Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani grew to become a sufferer of cyber fraud and misplaced Rs 1.50 lakh after he acquired a textual content message wherein he was requested to replace his Know Your Buyer (KYC) particulars linked to a number one non-public sector financial institution, police mentioned on Tuesday.
The incident happened on Sunday and a case on this connection was registered the subsequent day, an official of Bandra police station mentioned. “The actor acquired a message from a cell quantity unknown to him. Within the message, he was instructed to replace his KYC particulars linked to the financial institution, failing which his account will probably be suspended. Shivdasani clicked on the hyperlink talked about within the message.
As he adopted the directions, he acquired a message that Rs 1,49,999 have been debited from his account,” he mentioned. The actor then contacted the financial institution’s department supervisor on Monday and primarily based on his recommendation, he lodged a police grievance, the official mentioned.
A case below sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), together with 420 (dishonest) and sections of the Info Expertise (IT) Act was registered and additional investigation was underway, he added.
Shivdasani has acted in a number of Bollywood movies, together with Mast, Masti and Hungama.
