Retired Andhra Pradesh teacher loses ₹21 lakh in WhatsApp fraud

A retired teacher from Andhra Pradesh lost around ₹21 lakh from her bank account after receiving a WhatsApp message from an unknown number on Monday.

Retired teacher Varalakshmi who is a resident of Annamayya district in Andhra Pradesh became a victim of cyber fraud after receiving a WhatsApp message from an unknown number, as informed by the area police.

According to Varalakshmi, she received a message on WhatsApp with a link attached to it. As she said, she clicked on the link and since then several bank transactions of money withdrawals have been made by some alleged cybercriminal who hacked into her phone.