35-year-old woman falls prey to cyber fraud, loses Rs. 1 lakh

A 35-year-old woman from the city became the latest victim of cyber fraud and ended up losing over Rs. 1 lakh to cyber fraudsters who posing as bank executives, cheated her on pretext of updating her personal details.

The victim received a WhatsApp call from the unidentified scammers, who



claimed that she needed to update her bank account details or her transactions could be stopped.

According to the cybercrime police, when the victim was reluctant, the fraudster put her in fear that if the details were not updated, Rs.5,000 would be deducted from her bank account as penalty.