In Mumbai, senior citizen loses Rs 4.18 lakh to fake electricity bill message

A 72-year-old man from Malad in Mumbai fell prey to a cyber fraud this month where fraudsters sent him a fake message, purportedly sent by an electricity power supply company asking him to pay his electricity bill, and tricked him into revealing his bank details that were used to transfer Rs 4.18 lakh from his account. The fraudsters did this by making him install a remote access app that allowed them to view his mobile activities and an app that forwarded SMSes to another device, police said.

After realising he was cheated, the complainant approached the Malad police and a first information report (FIR) was registered on September 5.