Ahmedabad: A 59-year-old regional manager of a footwear company lost Rs 3.7 lakh after cyberfraudsters allegedly tricked him into installing a malicious APK file on the pretext of updating his Adani Gas bill.The Satellite resident, who works at a company on CG Road, lodged a complaint with Anandnagar police on Wednesday.According to the complaint, he was in Surat on Sept 10 for work when he received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number stating that his gas connection would be disconnected if he failed to clear an outstanding bill.When he called the number mentioned in the message, a man identifying himself as Devas Joshi allegedly told him that his payment had not been updated. The caller then offered to send an Adani-related APK file and asked him to install it on his phone.The complainant downloaded and installed the file. The caller allegedly kept him engaged in conversation for nearly 30 minutes. When he tried to disconnect the call, he was unable to do so and eventually had to restart his phone.Later that night, he checked his bank account and discovered four unauthorised transactions of Rs 94,116, Rs 27,000, Rs 1.84 lakh and Rs 6,500, amounting to a total loss of Rs 3,70,116.He immediately contacted the cybercrime helpline and later approached Anandnagar police.
