A Cybercriminal Defrauded a Retired Cop of ₹4 Lakhs
A Retired Police Officer Was Cheated Out of ₹4 Lakhs by a Cybercriminal Defrauded
Lucknow, UP: Through a phone call from a scammer acting as a government treasury official, a retired sub-inspector of the Uttar Pradesh Police lost ₹4.16 lakh.
The Lucknow Cyber Crime Cell was notified about the occurrence.
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla, who lives at EWS-337, Janeshwar Enclave, Gomtinagar Extension, has filed a complaint alleging that he was Cybercriminal Defrauded on June 25, less than a month after he retired on May 31.
Shukla claimed that an unidentified caller posing as a representative of the government treasury informed him that his pension application was still pending and would be completed by the Jawahar Bhawan office.
The caller stated Shukla needed to update his bank account details and told him to download a smartphone application.
Shukla did what she was told, trusting the caller. Without his consent, ₹4.16 lakh was taken out of his bank account the following day.
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