mumbai instances of online atm fraud seem to be on the rise in the vasaivirar region with yet another case in which a bank customer lost over rs 150 lakh to fraudulent online shopping a virar east based housewife was robbed of rs 151 lakh when online shopping was done using her nationalized bank atm card the 32yearold victim received a call on her cellphone on august 14 the caller identified himself as a bank staffer and demanded to know her bank atm number and password the call was made at around 4 pm and the victim shared the details she received another call on august 17 this time at around 1245 pm she shared more details like the balance in her account and other bank details before she could realize her mistake her account balance was reduced by rs 151 lakhs it was only when she got alerts of the online purchases done that she realized about the fraud the virar police has registered a case under sections 419 cheating by personation and 420 cheating of the ipc three to four cases of fraudsters targeting bank customers who end up sharing details of their accounts and password has been reported in the region no breakthrough has been made in any of the cases banks regularly warn customers against sharing any information on the phone victims say that they get trapped by the art with which the caller gets out the information from them