People are becoming the target of cyber thugs in Bihar every day. Cases of fraud are continuously coming to light. At some places you are being cheated on the phone and at some places your phone is being hacked and your OTP is being known and cyber thugs are emptying your account. In this sequence, the victim received a call…Hello…I am calling from the police department. Your son has been caught in a rape case along with his friends. If you want to save it, you will have to pay Rs 75 thousand. After this he will be proved innocent. If he does not pay the money, he will be sent to jail immediately. Cyber criminals called Rakesh Kumar, resident of Gola Road, Muzaffarpur and threatened him. When the victim of cyber fraud told the whole story, everyone was stunned.
In an effort to save his son, he became a victim of fraud.
After receiving threat on phone, Rakesh Kumar, unaware of the reality, got influenced by cyber criminals and sent Rs 25,000 online to his account. Also, I went to the bank twice and deposited Rs. 25-25 thousand in his account offline. After sending the money, when he talked to his son, he denied any such incident. This made him feel cheated. He called the cyber crime helpline and lodged a complaint. After this, an FIR was lodged against the account holder in the cyber police station. Rakesh Kumar told that the person had called on WhatsApp. The number is switched off after sending the money. Police has registered an FIR. The accused are being identified on the basis of account.
Cyber attack during payment, Rs 50 thousand missing
In Muzaffarpur, cyber criminals withdrew Rs 50 thousand from the account of railway worker Ranjit Kumar, resident of Danapur in Patna and currently living in Nayatola. Ranjeet has lodged an FIR in the cyber police station regarding the matter. Said they were playing a game. Then a payment server started scrolling on the screen. In order to remove it, it was clicked. Due to this, Rs 50 thousand were deducted from his account. Later he called the cyber crime portal and lodged a complaint. Also registered a case in cyber police station.
The miscreants stole the ATM card of Gyandeep Maurya, a resident of Barh’s Nadawan in Patna, and made a withdrawal of Rs 50 thousand and a purchase of Rs 50 thousand. His account is in Bank of Baroda located in Bolpur, West Bengal. When Gyandeep immediately complained, the bank immediately returned the amount to his account. But the branch where his account was opened was put on hold. Due to which he could not withdraw his amount. In this regard, he has filed a written complaint at Kadamkuan police station. Police have registered the case and are investigating.
Cyber criminals withdrew Rs 64 thousand from the account of Inspector Manish Kumar working in Bihar Home Guard office. Online withdrawals have been made from his account three times. In this regard, he has registered a case against unknown in Patna’s Kotwali police station. His account is in the Bihar School Examination Committee office branch of the bank.
The mobile itself was hacked and the money was stolen.
Cyber thugs have committed a surprising crime in Goradih police station area of Bhagalpur. The criminals hacked the mobile phone of fertilizer seed shopkeeper Rajesh Kumar, resident of Jogiya, Goradih, first stole the OTP from his SMS box and then withdrew Rs 6 lakh from his account. The victim shopkeeper has applied to the cyber police station to register an FIR in the matter. Cyber police station has started investigating the case. The incident took place on March 14.
Incident of transferring OTP by hacking mobile phone
Rajesh told that there was a total deposit of Rs 8.63 lakh in the bank account. OTP came on my mobile around 12 o’clock in the night of 14th March. But I neither told the OTP to anyone nor clicked on any link. Even after receiving the OTP three times, a total of Rs 6 lakh was deducted from my account. When I checked, the OTP coming on my mobile was being automatically forwarded to an unknown number 9647965058. I immediately removed the SIM from my mobile and inserted it in another mobile. At that time OTP used to come but it was not forwarded to the fraudster’s number. Then I suspected that someone’s mobile had been hacked. He told that the remaining Rs 2.60 lakh in the account was withdrawn through cheque. The shopkeeper told that the police is indifferent towards the matter. Whereas immediately after the incident he had complained about the matter to the police. But till now the fraudsters have not been caught, leave aside the recovery of money, even their formal FIR has not been registered. However, the police have said that the matter is being investigated.