As the victim clicked on the link, the cheat got remote access to his phone. | Photo Credit: Representative Image

Key Highlights The cheats sent an SMS to the doctor warning him about the imminent closure of his Paytm wallet The doctor received the SMS on his mobile number linked to the e-wallet The SMS received by the doctor was full of grammatical errors

Bengaluru: Online cheats are on the prowl. And if you are not alert then chances are you may be targeted by the frauds. Despite stringent laws and strict cyber policing, there seems to be no let-up in the online frauds. Recently, cyber cheats have duped a number of people in Bengaluru making them poorer by lakhs of rupees.

In a fresh case, cheats duped a doctor after gaining remote access to his phone on the pretext of Paytm KYC updation procedure. The doctor who was cheated of Rs 50,000 has now approached Bengaluru cyber police.

SMS with grammatical errors

According to a report in Times of India, the cheats sent an SMS to the doctor warning him about the imminent closure of his e-wallet. The message read, "BZ-ALERTZ: Dear customer your PATYM KCY has been expire today please call customer care no 8389888499 immediately your PATYM account blocked 24 hrs thanks you."

The doctor received the SMS on his mobile number linked to the e-wallet. He fell for the message despite the SMS having a lot of grammatical errors like PATYM and KCY.

The doctor then called the mobile number given in the message. "I called the number given in the message and a person identified as Rakesh Agarwal asked me to update my KYC online. He offers to guide me through the process. He also asked me to add Rs 10 through the app," said the victim.

Access through remote app

As the doctor was adding Rs 10 through debit card, the fraudster gained access to his phone through remote access app AnyDesk. The cheat then sent an SMS link on the doctor's phone asking him to click it.

As the victim clicked on the link, the cheat got remote access to his phone. The fraudster then asked the doctor to add money to his e-wallet on the pretext of checking KYC updation.

Immediately, the doctor lost Rs 4,891 from his e-wallet. Within the next few minutes, another Rs 50,000 was deducted from his account.

