Mumbai: A 73-year-old practising lawyer with the Bombay High Court was duped of Rs 3.5 lakh after receiving a message warning that her MGL gas connection would be disconnected at 9.30 pm on March 18 due to the previous month’s bill payment not being updated in the billing system. Police registered a case on Friday after the lawyer, a resident of Mulund (W), approached them and complained that money was siphoned from her bank account after her data was stolen through an APK app she was made to download on her mobile phone. A police officer said, “The lawyer realised about the fraud when an hour later, she failed to open the app. At least four fraudulent fund transfers starting with Rs 1.5 lakh followed by Rs 49,520, Rs 99,040 and Rs 49,520 were debited from the lawyer’s account within 21 minutes.” The FIR stated, “I immediately tried to switch off my mobile on noticing multiple OTPs in my mobile messaging inbox.”
