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Mumbai: Scamsters trying to dupe school stopped in tracks
Updated On: 12 April, 2024 05:51 AM IST | Mumbai | Apoorva Agashe
Tried to rob school of over Rs 80 lakh through phishing attack; police intervene timely
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The school sent Rs 87.26 lakh to the accused. Representation pic
The central cyber cell froze the fake bank account used to dupe a school of fraudulent transactions and saved Rs 82.55 lakh. The scammers were allegedly attempting to dupe a school under the pretext of constructing a cafeteria. The accused used a man-in-the-middle attack, a form of cyber-attack, to dupe the school.
“When two companies are in the process of placing a contract, the alleged accused takes advantage of either party’s website and creates a phishing website to dupe the company. This type of attack is known as a man-in-the-middle attack,” said DCP (crime) Datta Nalawade. The incident came to light when the Tardeo-based school’s representative approached the police to register an FIR.
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