THANE: A 74-year-old man was duped by an cyber fraudster who under the pretext of doing Know Your Customer (KYC) verification, siphoned off Rs 5.3 lakh from his bank account.The complainant is a resident of Almeida road. The complainant had received a call from a person who claimed to be an official from a private bank based in Bandra Kurla Complex.The caller told the victim that KYC verification of his bank account has been long due and asked for certain details including of pan card details.The victim enquired about the procedure for the KYC verification, the accused sent him a link and asked the victim to click on it and to follow certain procedure. In the meantime, the accused took the confidential details which are meant for customers only for maintaining the privacy of the account holders, said a police officer, on condition of anonymity.The unsuspecting victim followed the procedure and the accused using the link got the confidential details and siphoned off Rs 5.29 lakh from the victims bank account. The complainant realized that he had been cheated and thus registered a case with Naupada police station. The police said that they are investigating the case. No arrests have been made in the case so far, said the police.The police have warned not to fall prey to any type of online Know Your Customer verification frauds and said that people should physically visit the bank for clearing any doubts.We also published the following articles recentlyKarnataka: Quadruple murder accused helped victim, was over-possessive, say policeOver-possessiveness of the accused towards one of the victims, who was a cabin crew member and a colleague, allegedly led to the murder of four persons. The accused and the victim had been acquainted for eight months and had even traveled together on international flights. However, the victim ceased communicating properly, causing the accused to feel upset. Due to his excessive possessiveness, he premeditated the murder of the victim, but ended up killing three others as well. The motive behind the murder was the accuseds possessiveness towards the victim.US: Memphis police search for suspect after 4 female victims killed and 1 wounded in 3 linked shootingsPolice in Tennessee launched a manhunt for 52-year-old Mavis Christian Jr., the suspect believed to have shot and killed four females and critically wounded a fifth during a deadly outbreak of domestic violence. The shootings occurred at three separate locations in Memphis. The identities and ages of the victims were not immediately available. Local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies are involved in the search for Christian, who is believed to be driving a white 2017 Chevrolet Malibu. The police have warned the public not to approach him.You can now download Instagram Reels from public accounts, heres how and all other detailsInstagram has expanded its feature that allows users to download Reels from public accounts. Initially launched in the US, the feature is now available worldwide. The ability to download Reels depends on the accounts privacy settings. Public account Reels can be downloaded and shared by anyone on Instagram, while private account Reels cannot be downloaded unless the account is set to public. Downloaded Reels include an Instagram watermark, username, and audio attribution. Users under 18 with public accounts have downloading turned off by default, but can enable it at any time.

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