A 46-year-old male private employee from Hyderabad fell prey to a cyber scamster and has lost Rs 1,04,742.
According to the cyber crime police, the victim received a phone call informing him that his credit card’s yearly subscription had been activated by mistake.
To deactivate it, the scamster shared a link, which the the victim opened on his WhatsApp. After that, he started receiving one-time password (OTP) and messages about fraudulent transactions made on his SBI credit cards by the scamster.