2 cheated of over 15L in digital scams

Nashik: Two people were cheated in separate cases between Jan 18 and 27 in which unidentified conmen sent messages to the cellphones of their victims with a link to pay a pending traffic fine and MNGL gas bill.The cyber police registered a case of cheating under the relevant section of the BNS and the Information Technology Act, 2000. As per the FIR, the complainant in the case received a message on his cellphone which said that a fine for breaking a traffic rule was pending. The message said that the person concerned could install the application from the link sent in the message for payment. When the complainant clicked on it, the conman got access to the former's phone, through which he made financial transactions of Rs 9 lakh. In the other case, the police said that the other victim received a message on his cellphone about paying the pending MNGL gas connection bill. The message had a link to pay the pending bill. When the victim did so, his phone was accessed by the conman, who withdrew Rs 6.7 lakh from his bank account.