Rs. 32 lakh conned

Mysuru: Cybercriminals are employing increasingly sophisticated methods to siphon public funds, with four separate incidents recently reported in Mysuru.

Victims included a retired senior citizen, a Government employee, a contractor, and a differently-abled individual — each falling prey to different tactics and losing over Rs. 32 lakh.

Fake ED officer dupe

In Hebbal Layout, a 75-year-old retired man was defrauded by an anonymous caller posing as an officer from the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Claiming that a bank account had been opened in his Aadhaar number and used for money laundering, the fraudster coerced him into transferring Rs. 21.50 lakh.

When the caller became unreachable, the victim realised he had been cheated and filed a complaint at the Cybercrime,

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