Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Oct 18: A case has been registered at the CEN police station after a man lost Rs 64,000 when his mobile phone was hacked following a click on an e-payment challan link.

According to the complainant, he had come to the city on October 5 to meet a friend. That evening, he received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number containing a link based on an e-payment challan. Later that night, he clicked on the link to verify it, unknowingly allowing hackers to take control of his entire mobile device.

The fraudsters gained access to UPI-based applications on his phone, intercepting OTPs sent to him for various logins. Subsequently, Rs 60,000 and Rs 4,000 were transferred through two separate transactions without his knowledge.

The complainant h

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