New Delhi, March 12 -- An IT professional who had never held a credit card lost Rs.98,264. Owing to her employer's policy, she was inadvertently issued a credit card because she had a payroll account with a private bank, reported BangaloreMirror.

The scammer called her on January 15 from an unknown number, impersonating a bank official. She feigned that she urgently needed to activate the credit card within two minutes. The frightened woman received the instructions without questioning the authenticity of her call.

Pretending to be verifying her identity, the scammer forced her to download an app by sending her a fake link. As she complied with his demands, the call was promptly disconnected. In just a matter of minutes, she received SM...