Navi Mumbai: The alertness of a Vashi couple helped them avert a cyber fraud by immediately contacting the police after being sent a malicious ‘apk link’ asking to open the link by claiming that Rs 15 lakh has been debited to their bank account due to purchase on Amazon delivery app. Shashikant Chandekar, SI of Vashi said the panicked husband-wife duo Nisha Suvarna and Ravi Suvarna came to police station and reported they had received a message on their mobile that Rs 15 lakh had been debited to their bank account for purchase on Amazon, when they had not made any purchase. “Our cyber crime team’s initial investigation revealed that they were contacted by an unknown person claiming to be a representative of Amazon. But after being told to share the mobile screenshot after opening the link, the couple suspected it was malicious, as they had read about such modus operandi of cyber fraudsters,” said police. Chandekar said, “The technical examination of the mobile revealed that the apk link installed by them was suspicious. Hence, the concerned three banks were contacted where the cyber fraudster had claimed that Rs 15 lakh was transferred from their bank account and it was confirmed that no such transactions were carried out.”
