Cyber fraudsters have reportedly withdrawn ₹1.48 lakh from two bank accounts after the victim logged into a mobile application shared by the fraudsters under Undi police limits in the West Godavari district. The incident came to light after the victim, K.B. Krishnam Raju, lodged a complaint with the police on August 14. The victim is a local financier.
In March, Mr. Raju received a message with an acknowledgment of a pending power bill which he had cleared by then. He dialed a contact number provided in the message by the fraudsters, who advised him over the phone to download an app to check his power bill payment history.
“Mr. Krishnam Raju has downloaded an application, through which he was told by the fraudsters to pay ₹5 to get access to the payment history. Within no time after the payment is done, the fraudsters have withdrawn ₹58,000 and ₹90,000 from his two bank accounts based on the details of the transaction made by the victim through the app”, said Undi Sub-Inspector K. Gangadhara Rao. The police have registered a case and the investigation is on.