India, Nov. 7 -- A 54-year-old man from Greater Noida West allegedly lost Rs.6.1 lakh in cybercrime last week, police said, adding that cybercriminals took access of his phone on the pretext of completing a credit card application.

The victim -- a resident of Haibatpur in Greater Noida West -- stated in his complaint that at around 11.17am on October 31, he received a call from an unidentified number. "The caller offered to provide a credit card. When I agreed, he sent me an application on WhatsApp. I could not open it on my phone, so he video called me to explain the process," the victim said in his complaint filed at the Cybercrime Branch police station.

The complainant suspects the caller took access of his phone on the video call. "...