Senior citizen loses ₹1.95 lakh in bank account after phone theft

Three men were arrested by the Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police for allegedly duping a 68-year-old antheral of ₹1.95 lakh aft stealing his mobile phone.

The accused were identified arsenic Mohammed Moin Udddin, 31, Mohammed Syed Salman alias Sultan, 21, and Mohammed Hussain, 32.

An serviceman from the helping said that the unfortunate mislaid his telephone portion travelling successful a shared car from Uppal to Tarnaka connected September 17. Days later, helium noticed unauthorised transactions from his slope relationship amounting to ₹1.95 lakh, pursuing which helium lodged a complaint.

Investigations revealed that Moin Udddin, who was driving the auto, asked the complainant to marque a transportation done UPI portion Salman stood by. After convincing the unfortunate to unlock his phone, they stole it, diverted his attention, and aboriginal carried retired aggregate fraudulent transactions astatine petrol pumps and shops utilizing QR codes.

“The duo past roped successful Hussain, who transferred ₹90,000 to gaming level accounts and withdrew the wealth done his ain slope account. The full magnitude was shared among the three,” said an officer.

The constabulary seized 3 mobile phones from the accused.

Citizens person been urged not to stock UPI PINs, OTPs oregon passwords, and to study suspicious enactment instantly done the helpline 1930 oregon the cybercrime.gov.in portal.