In a similar unfortunate situation here, a kid’s misadventure with the phone led to a huge loss of over 4 lakhs to his dad.
A Class XII science student downloaded an app on his father’s mobile and he subsequently clicked on some suspicious links. This finally led his father, a senior forest official, to lose Rs 4.42 lakh to scamsters, Police informed.
“My son downloaded some family loan app and entered the details like his Aadhar number and also our bank accounts. From thereon, the fraudsters guided him to avail of loans on low interest, which lured my son and he applied for Rs 60,000 loan.” Posted in Forest Training School at Kandhamal’s G Udaigiri, the victim said,
The miscreants reportedly convinced the boy into paying up money as processing fees and other charges and by and by managed to get a huge amount transferred to their account. Later, when the father had his phone back with him, he found Rs 4.42 lakh in total siphoned off from his account.
On the basis of the details, police have registered a case and an investigation is underway.
