The south region cyber cell has registered an FIR against unknown persons for duping a Bachelor Of Mass Media (BMM) professor of over Rs 3.9 lakh. The accused posed as an customer care executive of a cellphone service provider and asked the complainant to renew his KYC. The complainant lost money in multiple transactions after he shared an OTP with fraudsters.

Accused asked to make payment of Rs 10

Professor Shridhar Naik, who has been a leading faculty for BMM students across Mumbai, approached the south Mumbai cyber cell on Monday after being duped of Rs 3,99,500 by a cyber fraudster. “The Mumbai police immediately registered an FIR in the matter and started the probe,” Naik told mid-day.