Pune: Cybercrooks duped a 67-year-old resident of Gahunje of Rs2 lakh in an online piped gas bill fraud.The fraud took place earlier in April this year. The elderly man filed an online complaint, following which the Shirgaon police registered a case on Saturday after conducting a preliminary inquiry.A police officer from the Shirgaon police said that in April, the complainant received a call from an unknown number. The caller told him that his piped gas bill for his Mumbai flat for March was pending and asked him to make the payment immediately to avoid disconnection.“The caller then shared an APK file with the complainant for making the payment,” the officer said.The officer added that the elderly man entered his credit card details and attempted to pay the bill. “The transaction failed, but he received a message from his bank stating that transactions worth Rs2 lakh had been made using his card details,” he said.“We have sought details from the bank about the transactions carried out by complainant through his account. Our investigation is on,” the officer added.Besides not sharing the OTP, the police have warned the people against clicking on any suspicious links or downloading any files from unknown numbers.
