Alert: Man receives several blank calls, and shortly after, Rs. 50L is taken from his account.

Are You Getting Blank Calls?

Report In less than two hours, the victim received a number of calls, and shortly after that, he discovered a number of RTGS transaction notifications.

The majority of us in the nation have got several repeated messages to never divulge our details, such as PINs and OTPs, but what in case you just get calls and are unable to communicate with the caller on the hind side? Should you also be cautious about those?

One of the biggest cybercrime scams considering the worth of a person coming from the national capital. This incident occurred in Delhi a few days ago when a director of a security services organization lost Rs 50 lakh to crooks. They stole from him only through blank calls. A leading newspaper said that the victim got many calls in less than a couple of hours. They unearthed a number of RTGS transaction notifications shortly after. The person said he did not attend the calls because he was unable to hear the other party.

As per the reports, around 12 lakhs was sent to one Bhaskar Mandal’s account, whereas Rs 10 lakhs went to each of the different accounts and about 4.6 lakhs. This amount was then transferred to a person by name Avijit Giri. Cops are under the impression that the fraudsters may have employed a “SIM swapping” tactic. Here the scamsters exploit a weakness in the two-factor authentication system. And the next step requires an SMS or phone call.

“In this fraud, the con artists might also have heard the victims’ OTP on another phone call. And then convinced them to activate a SIM card. When this occurs, they seize custody of the phone, an officer reportedly told the newspaper.

According to the reports, the mastermind fraudsters may be located in Jamtara in Jharkhand. And the people to whose accounts the money was sent might have just shared them for rent or fee. This claim of cybercrime follows a significant cyberattack, in which servers at the AIIMS (All-India Institute of Medical Sciences) in Delhi were taken offline. For more than seven days the servers were down as a result of ransomware. The ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) saw over 6,000 attempts of hijacking in less than 24 hours on November 30—one week after the ransomware attack on AIIMS.