An 83-year-old man residing in an apartment at G.N. Mills on Mettupalayam Road in Coimbatore was cheated of ₹ 8.07 lakh by an unidentified person, who contacted him through WhatsApp on the pretext of helping him pay electricity bill.
As per the complaint lodged by the man before the cybercrime police station, Coimbatore district (rural), he received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number on June 7 which said that power supply would be disconnected that night if the bill was not paid. The complainant followed the instructions given by the stranger and entered his online banking credentials in the link shared by the latter. He later found out that ₹ 8,07,600 was withdrawn from his bank account. The cybercrime police have registered a case.
