Next time you download an attachment from an unknown email, watchout. The attachment could contain a malware which could send passwords and other net banking-related data to a hacker who would then steal your hard-earned money.
Delhi police recently arrested two Nigerian nationals for allegedly swindling Rs 70 lakh from the account of an NRI using the same modus operandi.
According to the police, Stanley Ransome Ogwu (36) and Roland Chukwudi Alumona, alias Lucas (37) were arrested from Raju Park area of the city after technical surveillance.
The police were surprised to find that three laptops recovered from them contained stolen data of more than 1.5 crore people.
The arrested duo reportedly told the police that there is a group of hackers, who fraudulently obtain the email IDs of customers of various banks. They then sent a Malware (a virus) affected attachments to all such IDs, police said.
"When the customer downloads the virus-affected attachments, it creates a parallel folder of that customer with the hacker.
"Thereafter, whenever the customer uses his internet for net banking, all his information is sent to the hacker who can then access the customer's bank account, as if it is his own," said Additional Commissioner of Police (South) P S Kushwah.
The hackers even got the mobile number of the customer blocked so that SMS alert is not received by him. As soon as the number is blocked, the hacker would pass on the details to persons like those arrested in this case to transfer the money from the account of the customer to various international and national bogus accounts, said Kushwah.
