Despite several public warnings against fraud and to be cautious of unknown numbers, especially with regards to sharing personal or banking information, people continue to fall prey to scammers.
In one such incident, a female resident of a locality in Shillong lodged a complaint that on January 15 she received anonymous phone calls in which the callers claimed to be employees of the State Bank of India. They allegedly offered her loans and asked her to provide her particulars, including bank account number, mobile number and other details, to which she complied.
On February 1 the complainant noticed that Rs 42,343 was debited from her bank account without her knowledge.
Meanwhile, a woman from a village in Eastern West Khasi Hills lodged a complaint that on January 3 one woman, who claimed to be an employee in an airport, attempted to cheat her of Rs 55,000 on the pretext that her Facebook friend, one Mccole James, had been detained in the airport with foreign currency and a fine would have to be paid to get the ‘friend’ out of detention. These are both common scams.
