A 60-year-old man working with an oil company lodged a complaint with the Uran police station in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, Wednesday after he lost over Rs 7 lakh in a fake electricity bill message fraud.
A cyber-fraudster impersonating as an executive from the power supply company tricked the elderly man into revealing his bank details and used them to siphon off Rs 7.65 lakh from his account.
An FIR was registered based on the complaint of the man who works with the oil firm’s maintenance engineering wing.
The victim received a text message around 7 am on August 16 stating that his electricity line would be disconnected by 9.30 pm the same day if he does not pay the electricity bill.
