Ahmedabad: A 67-year-old retired employee of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Anand, was allegedly cheated of Rs 11.6 lakh after cyber fraudsters gained access to his mobile phone using a malicious APK file, police said.According to the complaint registered with cybercrime police on Thursday, the victim, a resident of Krishnanagar, received a call from an unidentified number on July 20 around 2.30pm. The caller allegedly claimed to be speaking from Bank of India and confirmed details of the victim’s bank account and mobile number. The victim told the caller that the account was his pension account.Around 3.30am, the victim woke up after receiving multiple messages containing OTPs for transactions from his bank account. On checking his banking application, he found that around 12 unauthorised transactions had been carried out, amounting to Rs 11.6 lakh.The transactions included two IMPS transfers of Rs 4 lakh and Rs 3.5 lakh, besides several bill-payment transactions, including payments to Facebook.The victim told police that his phone contained a file named “BOI.apk”, which he suspected was used to gain unauthorised access to his device and bank account. He lodged a complaint through the cybercrime helpline 1930, following which an FIR was registered.
