A retired banker lost Rs 8.9 lakh in cyber fraud as he got tricked into opening a suspicious APK file in the name of traffic challan.
Hyderabad: A retired banker lost `8.9 lakh in cyber fraud as he got tricked into opening a suspicious APK file in the name of traffic challan.
According to the police, the victim is a 60-year-old retired banker and is a resident of Malkajgiri. He filed a complaint stating his loss of Rs 8,90,250 after he clicked on an APK file. The file was named traffic challan and he ended up clicking on it and the phone was compromised.
The amount got deducted from the victim’s Bank of Maharashtra account in 27 transactions. A case was registered under the Information Technology Act and a probe is on.
“It was just 15 days ago that I moved back to the city after celebrating my farewell in Pune. The money in my bank account was my retirement money and fortunately all the money was not looted,” the victim said.
The retired banker received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number. The Display Picture was the traffic signal and when he opened, it was an APK file labeled traffic challan.
“I had been working in Pune for the last six years and I was never issued any traffic challan. I just returned to the city recently and assumed that it could be a challan from the city police. When I opened the file, it asked for the Adhaar card number which I felt was suspicious and closed it. The scammers had access to my phone all night, but I did not notice the messages and OTPs.”
The victim said he was at his relative’s place when he noticed the message and he immediately alerted the bank, who put the account on hold.
