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A retired slope worker from Barkatpura was defrauded of ₹12.99 lakh successful an APK record scam involving a fake Punjab National Bank (PNB) beingness certificate application. The scam unfolded connected October 4 erstwhile the unfortunate clicked connected a Facebook nexus that falsely claimed to facilitate online submission of a PNB beingness certificate.
After entering his slope details connected the fake site, the unfortunate received a telephone from a idiosyncratic posing arsenic a PNB representative, who besides contacted him connected WhatsApp utilizing a illustration featuring the bank’s logo. The fraudster sent an APK record and instructed the unfortunate to instal it to implicit the beingness certificate process. Believing the telephone to beryllium genuine, the retired worker followed the instructions.
Later that evening, astir 5:30 p.m., the unfortunate discovered respective debit messages connected his telephone and realised that ₹12,99,300 had been siphoned disconnected from his 3 PNB savings accounts. Following a complaint, a lawsuit was booked by the cybercrimes helping of the Hyderabad police.
Authorities person reminded the nationalist that banks ne'er petition relationship details oregon OTPs implicit calls oregon messages. Any suspicious enactment should beryllium reported instantly to the 1930 helpline oregon www.cybercrime.gov.in. In emergencies, the Cyberabad Cyber Crime squad tin besides beryllium reached via WhatsApp connected 8712665171.
