Online scams are no new thing in this modern world of advancement. We keep hearing news of fraudsters scamming people one way or the other and sometimes even well-educated people fall in the trap of these scammers. The former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli became the latest victim of cyber fraud and lost over a lakh rupee to the scammers.

Former cricketer Vinod Kambli was trapped in the online scam as a person claimed to be a bank official and duped Kambli. The person faked his identity and called himself a bank official where Kambli has his account. The scamster asked Kambli to install an app which the former cricketer did and that’s when he fell prey to the cyber fraud which robbed him of over a lakh rupee.

Cricketer Vinod Kambli was duped

Cricketer Vinod Kambli filed a complaint against the fraud on Tuesday and explained the whole incident to Bandra police. An FIR was lodged in which Kambli told the police how the scammer claimed to be an official from his bank and asked him to install the AnyDesk app from the Play Store. Kambli installed the app as the fraudster assured him of using the app for KYC updation.

After the app was installed, cricketer Vinod Kambli was asked to make a small payment. Prior to this, Kambli had shared the app’s access code with the scammer which allowed the accused to observe all the activities on Kambli’s phone. The fraudster marked Kambli’s bank details and OTP, which he used to transfer 1.14 lakh from the cricketer’s account.

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Kambli got to know about the fraud when he received an SMS from the bank. As soon as he was aware of the cyber fraud, he informed his bank and registered an FIR in the Bandra police station. Kambli didn’t reply to any calls and text sent to him regarding the matter, but the Senior Police Inspector of Bandra police station confirmed that they have lodged an FIR.