1 week ago
Doctor Loses Rs 60,000 in Malicious Delivery Scam
A doctor bought something online but never received the delivery.
He could not find a real customer-care number.
Someone then contacted him on WhatsApp and pretended to be a customer-care worker.
The person told him to download a file to fix the delivery problem.
The file was actually a harmful app called an APK file.
After installing it, the doctor’s phone briefly switched off.
When it restarted, he saw that Rs 60,000 had been taken from his bank account.
Police registered a case and are investigating.
A doctor from Mumbra was allegedly defrauded of Rs 60,000.
The scam began after he sought help for an undelivered online purchase.
A fraudster posing as a customer-care executive contacted him on WhatsApp.
The suspect persuaded him to download and install a malicious APK file.
Mumbra police registered a Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita case and began investigating.
- Who
- A 46-year-old doctor, Abdul Vahid Jalaluddin Siddiqui, was allegedly targeted by an unknown cyber fraudster.
- What
- The doctor lost Rs 60,000 after installing a malicious APK file sent during a fake delivery-support interaction.
- Where
- The complainant lived in Mumbra, and the case was registered by Mumbra police in Thane, Maharashtra.
- When
- The report was dated August 22; the article did not specify when the fraud occurred.
- Why
- The fraudster allegedly posed as a customer-care executive and used an undelivered online purchase as a pretext to send the malicious file.
Key facts
- Reported loss
- Rs 60,000
- Complainant
- Abdul Vahid Jalaluddin Siddiqui, 46
- Location
- Mumbra, Thane, Maharashtra
- Fraud method
- A malicious APK file sent under the pretext of resolving an undelivered order
- Initial contact
- The fraudster contacted the doctor through WhatsApp
- Police action
- Mumbra police registered an FIR under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Investigation status
- The investigation was underway
Sources
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