Cyber cheats on the prowl, don’t download apps on stranger’s advice: UP police

A lawyer, a professor at Allahabad University (AU), a retired high court judge, a doctor and a policeman are just some of the many people who have been duped by cyber frauds who made them part with details of their bank accounts.

Many of them downloaded an app on telephonic advice from unknown people and others shared bank details on phone. Still others were blackmailed, cops from cybercrime police station said.

“That’s because the cyber cheats are continuously targeting people who use online payment modes and mobile banking techniques and apps. Since these modes are mostly preferred by the tech savvy, the cheats take advantage of the loopholes in online banking apps to dupe them,” the police said.