Two lose Rs.2.10 lakh in cyber fraud; bank, Amazon and WhatsApp accounts targeted
Prayagraj, Sept. 20 -- Cyber fraudsters allegedly siphoned off around Rs.2.10 lakh from two people in separate incidents reported from the Shivkuti and Cantonment police station areas of Prayagraj. Bank accounts, a credit card and online accounts were targeted in the two cases, police said.
In the first case, Savita Tiwari, a resident of Rasulabad in Teliarganj, alleged that fraudsters gained access to her mobile phone and carried out unauthorised transactions from her bank account. According to her complaint, Rs.95,000 was transferred through UPI to an account belonging to Imran Hussain on September 9. The following day, another Rs.49,999 was transferred to an account in the name of Singh Suppliers.
Tiwari told police that she did not know either of the account holders and had not authorised the transactions. She lost a total of Rs.1,44,999.
In another case, Lukerganj resident Nitin Vasan alleged that fraudsters targeted his bank account and credit card, besides compromising his wife's Amazon and WhatsApp accounts.
Two transactions of Rs.5,177 each were made from his bank account. In addition, purchases of Rs.6,250, Rs.4,100 and Rs.10,250 were allegedly made using his credit card through the Amazon account. Vasan claimed that he did not receive any OTP before the transactions were carried out.
He also alleged that his wife's WhatsApp account was compromised and objectionable messages were subsequently sent from the account to teachers at their son's school. The total loss reported in the second case was Rs.64,954.
Police have registered FIRs in both cases and are examining transaction details and other digital evidence to identify those involved....
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