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Ahmedabad: A 36-year-old electrical engineer was playing an online game on his mobile phone when an advertisement for free a TV channel popped up. He opened it, but it appeared that his attempt to log into the app failed. The techie ignored and days after he realised that multiple transactions, including one of Rs 50,000, were made from his account. By the time he could act, the techie had lost Rs 97,000, said a media report. The police have registered a case and launched an investigation to trace the account that received the alleged payments. While playing a game on October 22, he saw an ad offering a free TV app called TV Garden. The ad claimed the app would give access to free TV channels. After downloading it and allowing it various permissions, his phone started to slow down, and the app kept crashing. Thinking it had not installed properly, he ignored it, reported The Times of India. Also Read: Hyderabad Sanitation Staff Raped by Drunk Watchman Near ESI Hospital While Heading to Work A few days later, he discovered that Rs 97,000 had been withdrawn from his digital payment app without his knowledge. The fraudsters had made several transfers on the same day he installed the app — one of Rs 50,000, four of Rs 10,000 each, and another of Rs 7,000. Also Read: Andhra Temple Stampede Caught on Cam: Video Shows Screams, Panic, Chaos as Several Crushed He immediately called the national cybercrime helpline and then filed a complaint with Isanpur police, sharing screenshots of the fake app and the transaction alerts. Police said the case has been registered under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita related to cheating and criminal breach of trust, as well as under the Information Technology Act for identity theft and electronic fraud. The investigation is still in progress.
