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The Hindu
The Hindu
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Abdul Latheef Naha

Kerala Police recover ₹2.71 lakh stolen through cyber fraud in an hour

The Kerala Police on Saturday recovered ₹2.71 lakh stolen from a bank account through cyber fraud in less than an hour after a complaint was put up.

The cyber wing of the police acted swiftly and cleverly to bring back the ₹2.71 lakh to a State Bank of India (SBI) account holder who lost the money when he was deceived into click on a phishing link.

The man hailing from Tirur had responded to an innocuous message that reached his phone purportedly from the SBI asking him for updating KYC (Know Your Customer). Soon after he unwittingly clicked on the phishing link around 8.30 a.m. on Saturday, ₹2.71 lakh was deducted from his account by the cyber fraudsters.

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