Cyber fraudsters dupe former Test cricketer Vinod Kambli

December 09, 2021 20:57

Former Test cricketer Vinod Kambli has been duped of Rs 1 lakh by cyber fraudsters after which a case was registered in Bandra police station in Mumbai, an official said on Thursday.

A man posing as the representative of a well-known bank called up Kambli and shared a link with him, which the latter downloaded resulting in Rs 1 lakh getting withdrawn from his account fraudulently some time later, the official said.

A case under Section 420 (cheating) of IPC and provisions of Information Technology Act was registered on Tuesday and efforts were on to nab the culprit/s, he added. -- PTI

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