A 65-year-old Mumbai lady turned a sufferer of cyber fraud amounting to Rs. 6,91,859 after she responded to a pretend message of an overdue electrical energy invoice.
The sufferer, a resident of Mumbai’s Andheri space, acquired a message on her husband’s cellphone about an unpaid electrical energy invoice. It additional mentioned that the electrical energy connection will likely be disconnected if the invoice stays unpaid. A cellphone quantity was additionally offered in the message.
The sufferer known as on the talked about quantity. An unknown particular person picked up the decision and recognized himself as an worker of the Adani Electricity workplace and requested the sufferer to obtain the app ‘Team viewer fast help’.
After some time sufferer receives three messages concerning the transaction of Rs. 4,62,959, Rs. 1,39,900 and Rs. 89,000. A complete of Rs. 6,91,859 was debited from her account.
The SBI Fraud Management staff contacted the sufferer and requested concerning the current transaction on which she refused the transaction from her aspect.
The sufferer filed an FIR at Andheri Police station. Police have registered a case towards an unknown particular person below sections 420,66(C) and 66(D) of IPC.
She reached the Andheri Police Station alongside together with her daughter and registered an FIR concerning the fraud.
Further particulars are awaited.
