Jagran correspondent, Basti. Cyber thugs crossed Rs 1 lakh 64 thousand 624 from the victim's account by sending the link on the mobile. Police have registered a case against unknown cyber thugs on the complaint of Gulab Chandra resident Mehda Saidwar police station Munderwa and started investigating the incident. In the era of Digital India, cyber criminals are adopting new methods of fraud and robbing people of their hard-earned money. The latest case has come to light from Mehra Saidwar village of Munderwa, where clicking on an unknown link proved costly for Gulab Chandra. The fraudsters cheated and withdrew Rs 1.64 lakh from the victim's bank account in just a few minutes.
According to the information, a message had come on the victim's mobile. In this, a link was sent citing reward points. As soon as the victim clicked on that link, access to his mobile went to the thugs. After this, without sharing any OTP, a total of Rs 1 lakh 64 thousand 624 was deducted from the victim's account through different transactions.
The victim told that messages of money being deducted started coming continuously on his mobile. By the time he could understand something and inform the bank, the swindlers had almost emptied the account. The victim hurriedly called the customer care of the bank and got the card and account blocked, but by then it was too late.
After the incident, the victim has lodged a written complaint in the local police station. The cyber team is investigating the transaction history and the number from which the link came. SO Pradeep Singh said that in the initial investigation it seems to be a case of phishing and malware. Its investigation has been started by the inspector posted at the circle level.