Gautam Tomar 57, a resident of Arjun Paradise in Naranpura lost Rs 6.70 lakh after he went to an ATM on Relief Road in January to set up a new PIN for his ATM Card. Tomar, who works as an administration officer at LIC office in Gheekanta, had got a new ATM card after his earlier one expired.
He went to the ATM and set up his PIN and later received a message on his mobile. The message had a display pic of Union Bank asking him to update his Aadhar details. Seeing the logo of the bank, Tomar downloaded the link but felt suspicious and rushed to a nearby branch of the bank. Tomar was informed by the bank that the APK file was a fraud and he immediately deleted the downloaded content.
However, the next morning he got six messages showing a total withdrawal of Rs 6.70 lakh. Tomar immediately called the cyber crime helpline number 1930 and got his complaint registered. The complaint was forwarded to the cyber crime unit which registered an FIR.
Senior police officials said a lot of hectic activities take place in this month, also the end of the financial year. “People should be very careful while doing financial activities during this month as cyber cons get active and try to cheat people by sending APK files on different social media handles.”