Cyber crime cases are continuously increasing in the country. Every day, criminals committing cyber crimes are duping people of crores of rupees. From common people to police officers, no one is safe from this. One such case has come to light from Pune, where a police constable became a victim of cyber fraud. He scanned the QR code and within no time he lost more than Rs 2 lakh. The police is now busy investigating this matter.
How did a policeman become a victim of fraud?
A police personnel resident of Saswad near Pune had paid the bill at a bakery by scanning the QR code. After some time, he got a message that Rs 18,755 had been withdrawn from his savings account. After this, when he looked at his second account, he found out that an illegal transaction of Rs 12,250 had taken place from his salary account also. The matter became worse when after that OTP came for a transaction of Rs 1.9 lakh from the gold loan account. He did not share this OTP with anyone, yet the transaction was completed. In this way he was cheated of Rs 2.2 lakh.
The fraudster had his eyes on the credit card also
The fraudsters did not stop here and tried to make transactions through his credit card as well, but the policeman showed promptness and got his account blocked immediately. In this way he was saved from further fraud. The police involved in the investigation said that the fraudster had made the victim a victim through an APK file containing malware. It was because of this that he was able to access different accounts of the victim.
Avoid cyber crime like this-
Before scanning any QR code, verify the name and other information of the receiver. Do not scan QR codes at suspicious people and places.
Do not click on any suspicious link from text message, WhatsApp or social media. This may cause you to suffer huge losses.
Always use official apps for digital transactions and download them only from trusted stores like Google Play Store and Apple App Stores.
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