Nagpur Teacher Loses ₹10 Lakh in Mobile Hacking Scam: A Rising Cyber Fraud Threat

In a troubling cybercrime case from Nagpur this week, a teacher lost ₹10 lakh after becoming a victim of a sophisticated mobile hacking and account-renting scam, underscoring the growing threat of targeted financial cyber fraud in India.

Incident Overview

The victim, a teacher based in Nagpur, received calls from scammers impersonating government officials.

The fraudsters persuaded the teacher to install a malicious app on his phone for "KYC verification," which granted the attackers remote access to his device.

With this stolen access, the attackers were able to transfer ₹10 lakh from the teacher’s bank account.

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