Mumbai: A couple, both retirees from the State Bank of India, lost Rs 6.74 lakh to a scammer, who posed as a bank manager and tricked them into revealing their personal details.

According to the Kalachowki police, the complainants receive pension in a joint account. The fraud occurred when the woman mistakenly entered the wrong IFSC code, while transferring money to a cable operator.

Upon realising the mistake, she searched for the branch linked to the code online and found that it belonged to a bank in Aligarh. She then came across a contact number and the person, who answered her call, posed as the bank manager.

Assuring to help her get back the money, the fraud extracted confidential details and subsequently siphoned the whopping funds.