Elderly man loses Rs 3 lakh; had called fake bank manager found on Google

One misstep on the internet cost a senior citizen in Karnataka dearly. He searched for his bank manager’s phone number on Google and fell prey to a scam. A cheat posed as the manager and manipulated him to click a malicious web link, leading to an unauthorised withdrawal of Rs 3 lakh. This is another case of scammers planting fake contact details of banks, hotels and other services on the web to deceive people.