A painting contractor lost Rs 4.31 lakh as a cyber fraudster allegedly hacked his WhatsApp account after sending an image of a woman, police said on Thursday.

The incident came to light on Monday, when the 38-year-old victim, a resident of Chunabhatti in central Mumbai lodged a complaint at the Bhoiwada police station, an official said.

According to the complaint, on November 14, he was in Parel area to check a flat to get a painting contract. In the evening, he received a call from an unidentified number, in which the caller asked him to check his WhatsApp, as he had sent an image of a woman. But as the caller was not known to him, the complainant disconnected the call.

After some time, he found that he had received a photo of a woman on his WhatsApp and there were various messages wit

See Full Page