Lucknow cyber frauds: Jail warden duped of Rs 1 lakh, govt officer loses Rs 50,000 | Crime News

In the first case, a jail warden was targeted by the cyber criminals and set his mobile to remote access. They withdrew around Rs 1 lakh from the account through this. In the second case, an assistant review officer was defrauded.

Cyber thugs are on the prowl in Lucknow.
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New Delhi: In yet another shocking cyber crime, scammers duped a jail warden posted in Lucknow’s Gosainganj Adarsh ​​Jail of Rs 1 lakh. The fraudsters made a call and had a remote access app downloaded on the jail warden’s mobile phone.

The modus operandi of the cyber thugs

According to warden Anil Kumar Singh, he came on duty on September 26. The mobile phone was at home when an unknown number called on his mobile in the afternoon. His son replied to the call, and the caller engaged him in conversation, and prodded him to download the Red Desk app on the mobile.

According to Anil, once the app was downloaded, the mobile was set to remote access. The scammers withdrew around Rs 1 lakh from the account through the remote access.

While updating the passbook at the bank, Anil found out that the transactions that he had not carried out. Upon returning home and enquiring about it all, he came to know about the Red Desk app. On Monday, the jail warder filed a complaint at the Gosaiinganj police station.

Rs 50,000 swindled from assistant review officer

Cyber thugs withdrew around Rs 50,000 from the account of an assistant review officer stationed at the Secretariat in Lucknow. The accused called the assistant review officer impersonating an RBL Bank employee. He sent a link and asked the officer to update the credit card. Soon after, the money was withdrawn from his account.

Gautam Pandey, resident of Metropolitan Secretariat Colony, has an RBL credit card. According to the victim, he was at home when a call came from an unknown number. The caller claimed that he was an RBL Bank employee. The accused told Gautam that wrong details had been uploaded in his credit card which needed to be rectified.

After tricking the accused, he sent a link to Gautam’s mobile. After opening it, the assistant review officer filled the requested information. After this, Rs 50,000 were deducted from Gautam’s account. He came to know of the fraud when he received the transaction message. Gautam has lodged a complaint in Gautampalli police station.

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