Indore has witnessed another cyber fraud incident, which brings to focus a harmful technique of scammer robbing an account of a trader 4 lakh without obtaining an OTP. The attack has brought forth great concerns regarding the changing digital fraud schemes.
The victim, Santosh Garg who lives in the Lasudia area was getting a message in his phone which seemed to be about his bank, according to the police. This message had a link and when he clicked it, a file was automatical downloaded on his device and it was an APK file. In a very in the shortest time, he started receiving messages of various transactions, which meant money was deducted out of his account.
Garg in his complaint claimed that he had not disclosed OTP, banking details, or any personal information to any one. In spite of this, his account was emptied of nearly 4 lakh in a number of transactions.
According to the investigators, these APK files would provide hackers with a remote access to the mobile device of a user. When access is compromised, cybercriminals are able to use banking apps and control them, bypass their security efforts, and perform their transactions without having to go through OTP verification.
A case has been filed with Lasudia Police under the IT Act and other applicable provisions and an in-depth investigation is underway in this regard with the help of the cyber cell. Police are tracing the records that the stolen money was transferred to and attempting to identify the gang who did the fraud.
The police have also asked citizens to be more vigilant and not to trust the unknown links or downloading APK files as a single click can cause the loss of whole bank accounts.