Ahmedabad : A 49-year-old engineering workshop owner from Vastral lost Rs 6.8 lakh to cyberfraudsters who threatened to disconnect his piped gas connection over an alleged unpaid bill and tricked him into downloading a malicious mobile application. When the victim said he had already paid the bill, the caller claimed there was a difference of Rs 10 that needed to be paid and sent two APK files via WhatsApp. He received a WhatsApp message on Oct 9 from an unknown number warning that his gas connection would be disconnected due to a pending bill.
Soon afterwards, his phone started hanging repeatedly. After restarting the device, he received alerts from his bank informing him that money had been debited from his account.
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