Aftab Shivdasani duped of Rs 1.5 lakh

Aftab Shivdasani who is known for films like Mast, Hungama, Masti and Awara Paagal Deewana became a victim of cyber fraud. He lost Rs 1.50 lakh after he received a text message where he was asked to update his Know Your Customer (

KYC

) details by his bank, which is a leading private sector bank.
The incident took place on Sunday and a police case was registered the next day with Bandra Police Station.

The cops said, “The actor received a message from a mobile number unknown to him. In the message, he was instructed to update his KYC details linked to the bank, failing which his account will be suspended. Shivdasani clicked on the link mentioned in the message. As he followed the instructions, he received a message that ₹1,49,999 was debited from his account."
The actor on the bank's branch manager’s advice decided to lodge a complaint with the police on Monday. A case under sections of the Indian Penal Code (

IPC

), including 420 (cheating) and sections of the Information Technology (IT) Act was registered and further investigation was underway, he added.

Jackie Shroff’s wife and Tiger Shroff’s mother

Ayesha Shroff

also had filed a cheating case recently after being duped of Rs 58 lakh. And last year, a man was arrested for cheating actor

Annu Kapoor

of Rs 4 lakh under the pretext of updating his bank KYC details. Under the guise of finalising the procedure, the swindler successfully obtained the actor's banking information and then requested the actor to divulge the

OTP

, the actor later received a call from bank’s customer care informing him that his account has been compromised and Rs 4.36 lakh were fraudulently transferred.