Kathmandu. A lawyer in the capital of India, New Delhi, has become a victim of a 'phone hacking scam' or a 'SIM swap' incident. An unauthorized person gained access to the SIM card in the woman's name and stole 50 lakhs (Rs 80 lakhs) from the bank account.

The woman received three missed calls on her smart phone from an unknown number. Soon after, the money disappeared from his bank account. It sounds amazing. She neither received the call nor gave any banking details or One Time Password (OTP) to the unknown caller. Yet lakhs of rupees disappeared from his bank account.

Cyber Cell of Delhi Police said that the woman lawyer did not pick up the phone call and did not give any personal details. However, the accused managed to steal the lawyer's banking details along with all other personal details. This incident was registered at the police office on October 1.

There were three missed calls on the 35-year-old lawyer's phone. Later, she called the unknown number from another number and the person who picked it up said that the number belonged to a courier delivery service,'' a police officer told the Indian media outlet Indian Express. She even got that stuff. Then a message from the bank came on the mobile. Which indicated that 50 lakh rupees were withdrawn twice. '

After taking out the SIM card in his name and activating mobile banking from the same mobile number, accessing the bank account, the amount in the account was sent to different bank accounts and wallets, and withdrawals were made repeatedly.

"It seems that after transferring the SIM card in his own name, the banking information came to the same number and cheated," said SSP Somendr Singh Rathore, head of the office. The young man had transferred 6 lakh 2 thousand 558 rupees from other's account to him.

In India too, money was lost from accounts without any banking details, OTP or password. Then the lawyer went to the police office and recorded the incident in detail. The police found that the money was deducted several times without the consent of the lawyer. After that, the Indian police started investigating this incident as 'SIM Swap Fraud'.

While investigating, police found unusual browser history on the woman's phone. The police discovered that unnatural websites and portals were viewed from the woman's phone. However, the woman told the police that she did not visit those websites and portals.

The woman had received some SMS with phishing links on her phone. Suspicious messages related to UPI registration were also found. However, the woman said that she is not associated with any UPI or any such website,” said the police officer.

After the money was deducted, the lawyer was called by a man. The man identified himself as a police intelligence officer (The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations IFSO). In which he wanted to know the banking statement of the woman. However, even then, the woman told the police that she did not give sensitive details.