Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Nov 27: A person lost lacs of rupees from his bank account after downloading an APK file sent via WhatsApp, leading to the filing of an FIR at the Central Crime Station in the city.
The victim reported that on Sunday, November 24, he received a message on WhatsApp from an unknown number. Along with the message, an APK file named vahan.parivahan.apk was sent, which contained information about traffic rule violations. Upon downloading the file, 16 OTPs (One Time Passwords) were received on his mobile. The victim stated that he did not share the OTPs with anyone. However, messages soon followed indicating unauthorized transactions using his credit and debit cards.
The victim said, "Using my credit card, Rs 30,400 was charged on Flipkart and Amazon; Rs 16,700 was deducted from my debit card, and Rs 71,496 was transferred via Pay Later service. I immediately blocked both my debit and credit cards."
Despite blocking the cards, unknown individuals continued to use the victim’s Axis Bank account to make purchases on Flipkart, including a Rs 39,398 OnePlus mobile, a Rs 32,098 Motorola mobile, Rs 12,800 worth of AirPods, as well as Flipkart vouchers worth Rs 14,700 and Rs 29,000, and an Amazon gift voucher worth Rs 3,000. All these purchases were made using a New Delhi address. In total, Rs 1,31,396 was fraudulently transferred from his Axis Bank account, the victim stated in his complaint.
Police are investigating the incident based on the complaint filed by the victim.