A senior citizen in Mumbai has lost around Rs 7 lakh in a new cyber fraud case
The SMS that came on her husband’s phone also had a contact number to proceed with the payment. The message said that failure to pay the dues would lead to disconnection of the electricity connection to the woman’s house. Thus the lady proceeded to call the contact number attached. The phone was picked up by an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of Adani Electricity.
person instructed to set up the victim TeamViewer Quick Support app on his smartphone. The victim then shared the details of the remote control software with the person which included the ID and passcode. This gave the man access to the woman’s smartphone. Soon after, the victim received three SMS transactions of Rs 4,62,959, Rs 1,39,900 and Rs 89,000. SBI Fraud Management Team contacted the victim to verify the transaction. The woman then denied initiating such transactions and the scandal came to light.
After this, an FIR was registered on the basis of cyber fraud case. Andheri Police Station. A case has been registered against the scamster citing IPC sections 420, 66(c) and 66(d). This is not an isolated incident and it has been observed that cybercrime incidents have increased in recent times. Another Mumbaikar fell victim to a credit card fraud and lost Rs 7 lakh in the process. The Government of India has also identified EV charging infrastructure as a potential bed for cyber scams in future and is working towards strengthening the system.
