Dangers of online banking: Mumbai woman transfers Rs. 7 lakh to the wrong account; then this happened
This woman accidentally transferred a huge amount of money to the wrong account and the man refused to return it.
Online Banking makes it easier to transfer money online from one account to another. You just need to activate Internet and a bank account to transfer money. The entire process is available at your finger tips. But what if you send the wrong money to the wrong account? Well, it will certainly be a lucky day for the person who receives the money, but for the person who loses the money it will be a lucky day. Nothing Short of a nightmare! A similar thing happened to a 38-year-old woman living in Mira Road, Mumbai. She was transferring money to one of her relatives, when she accidentally entered the wrong bank account number and instead of sending it to the requested person, she transferred a large amount of Rs. 7 lakhs sent to the wrong bank account holder living in Mumbai, Times of India reported.
As soon as the woman realized what had happened, she rushed to contact her bank. Sadly, the bank refused to help because it was her fault for sending money and they can’t do anything. Then she approached the network cell to intervene in the matter Who promptly extracted the person’s information Who Coincidentally received. Mobile network has asked this person to return the money.
However, the interesting thing is that the person refused to return the money! Reports claim that he refused to return the money while claiming that he won the money in a lottery. However, when the network cell threatened to take action against him, he agreed to return the full amount. Within two days, the woman got her money back in her account on July 2.
And this is not just one case! This is more common than you might expect. Back in 2018, a 40 year old woman in Mumbai lost Rs. 7 lakh while sharing her OTP with an online scammer who pretends to be a bank manager, a report by Mashable India shared. In another case in 2019, a 28-year-old woman in Mumbai lost Rs. 7 lakh for a scammer who claims to be from USA. She used to receive gifts from him. However, by the time she realized, she had already spent a huge amount of her savings on him.
A small mistake or negligence while sharing money online can cost you a large amount of money! Therefore, we recommend that you only transfer funds to an account that you have correctly identified and checked at least twice. Also, do not share any OTP or personal information with strangers.
