Crooks call for KYC check, steal funds from e-wallets

Hyderabad: Remote access control mobile apps available on the internet are coming in handy for cyber crooks, who are preying on naive e-wallet users on the pretext of updating their KYC details. In a span of three days, two city residents lost over Rs 1.4 lakh from their bank accounts linked to their e-wallets.

The police have advised e-wallet users to avoid sharing bank and e-wallet details with strangers and not to download any mobile application without knowing its purpose, as crooks may hack acco-unts through such apps, without the user being aware of it and rob them.