Scam: 14-year-old child was playing games on phone, one lakh rupees were withdrawn from woman's account
Scam: To avoid such online scams, turn on parental control on children's phones. Apart from this, also uses two-factor authentication for bank accounts. The advantage of this will be that before the final payment, you will receive a message for OTP.
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Cyber scams can happen in India at any time, in any way, and can happen to anyone. You may take a lot of precautions every day, but one day one mistake can cost you dearly. The latest case is from Kathlal Kheda in Gujarat, where Rs 1 lakh was withdrawn from the bank account of a 42-year-old woman due to a 14-year-old child playing online games on her phone. Let us know the whole matter...
According to the report, the name of the victim woman is Saroj Jain and she has filed a complaint in this regard at the police station. It has been said in the complaint that his 14-year-old child was playing online betting games on the phone and during this, he lost Rs 1 lakh from his bank account.
According to the police report, the child invested money in a game named Probo. Initially, he won 40 rupees and after that, he started investing money in the game every day. For your information, let us tell you that a few days ago the Income Tax Department sent a notice to Probo Media for a tax of Rs 1,500 crore. Earlier in the year 2022, Mumbai Police had also taken action against Probo.
Set parental control on kids' phones to prevent them from falling for such online scams. Utilises two-factor authentication for bank accounts in addition to this. The benefit of this is that you will get an OTP message before the final payment. Make sure you are aware of the children's phone usage habits and the games they are playing.
