A 66-year-old retired engineer living in Sector 78 of Noida became a victim of online fraud. On Friday, the police said that after clicking on an online advertisement, his mobile was hacked and the fraudsters stole his credit card information and withdrew an amount of Rs 9.63 lakh.
According to the police, the victim lives in a high-rise building and has refused to make his identity public. He was deceived and forced to share his personal and credit card information, taking advantage of which the fraudsters swindled a huge amount.
In the FIR, the victim stated that on July 8, at around 10 pm, while using a photo-sharing application, they came across an advertisement about upgrading a credit card. Since they already possessed a card from the same company, they clicked on the advertisement to proceed with the upgrade.
The next day at around 12 noon, he received an unknown call. The caller introduced himself as a customer service representative of the credit card company and sent a link on WhatsApp. He said that the link was for applying for a new credit card with a higher credit limit.
Hindustan Times quoted a police officer saying, “The victim was asked to fill a form and was asked to enter details repeatedly citing technical problems.”
After the call, the victim found that there was no network on his mobile for about half an hour. As soon as the network returned, he received messages of several transactions of large amounts from his credit card.
Hindustan Times quoted, Ranjit Singh, Cyber Crime Station Officer saying, “Investigation revealed that as soon as the victim clicked on the link sent by the fraudsters, cyber criminals got access to his mobile phone. During this time, they also obtained information of another credit card and withdrew an amount of Rs 9.63 lakh in several transactions.”
The police have registered a case in the Cyber Crime Station under sections 318 (4) for cheating and 319 (2) for fraudulent impersonation of the Indian Penal Code and the IT Act.
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