Fraud Using Biometric

Surjit Kaur from village Kheri located in Alwar district in Rajasthan was cheated by an agent. The agent withdrew 2000 rupees from her account with the excuse of checking her account. She said that she was told that the government has closed her bank account so she needs to open a new one. A few days later she came to Irfan Khan, the local Soochnapreneur (Information Entrepreneur) and asked him why the government had closed her bank account; she was extremely worried. Irfan checked her account status and it showed active; however Irfan saw the withdrawal of Rs 2000 from her account and asked her about it. That’s when she realised that she was cheated. Soochnapreneur is a model by DEF where reliable and ethical information entrepreneurs work at village level to provide digital access to necessary services which are available only through digital means and authentication.