PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 8 -- : Two residents of Prayagraj were allegedly duped of more than Rs.9 lakh in separate cyber fraud cases, police said. Complaints have been lodged at the Cantonment and Dhoomanganj police stations, and investigations are underway to trace the accused and recover the money.

According to police, KN Maurya, a resident of Ashok Nagar under the Cantonment police station area, received a phone call from fraudsters posing as representatives of Adani Gas. The caller claimed that his gas connection would be disconnected unless he completed an update process.

Maurya was sent a link and asked to pay a service charge of Rs.13. While making the payment through the link, unauthorised online transactions worth Rs.81,900 were carried...