New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- A 42-year-old man, resident of Gurgaon sector 60, was defrauded of Rs.3.4 lakh in a credit card scam. He came across one fake advert of American Express credit card on Facebook. He applied for it. After this, one fraudster posing as bank representative called him and convinced him to download an application, reported The Times of India.

With this application, the hacker managd to get access to his phone gallery from where he could get details of two credit cards: Kotak Mahindra Bank's card and ICICI Bank's card. He lost Rs.1.95 lakh from the first card and Rs.1.49 lakh from the second.

Although a one-off case, it can happen to anyone. To avoid this kind of fraud from happening to you, it is recommended to take the...