In a case of cyber fraud, a 69 year’s old retired banker fell prey to a scam after receiving a call from an unknown individual claiming to be from Bank of Baroda. The caller, whose WhatsApp display picture featured the bank’s logo, contacted the victim to address an ATM withdrawal issue.

The banker, Shivkumar Iyer, told mid-day that he had recently filed a complaint regarding a failed ATM transaction from another bank, where the withdrawal didn’t dispense cash, but he received a transaction alert. Following the complaint, he got a call from an unknown person saying he was from the bank informing him that the amount would be credited back to his account.