Chandigarh, July 7 -- An 83-year-old woman, a resident of Sector 44-C, has fallen prey to a fake Know Your Customer (KYC) update call, resulting in a loss of over Rs.6.13 lakh across multiple bank accounts, police said on Sunday.

The victim, Vidyawati, was duped into providing her personal information after receiving a fake call from someone posing as a representative of Punjab National Bank (PNB).

The incident unfolded on June 13 when Vidyawati, who lives with her daughter, received a call from an unknown number claiming that her KYC details needed to be updated for her bank accounts. The caller convinced her to share certain personal details over the phone. The next day, a follow-up call asked for the last four digits of her Aadhaar n...