Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
A 26-year-old doctor of a private hospital lost Rs.50,000 after cyber fraud hacked into the Instagram account of her senior and uploaded a link on bitcoin trade investment .
Based on the complaint, by Dr.Suganya the Ashoknagar police have registered a case under IT act on Monday and trying to track down the accused through the bank account transactions.
In her complaint Dr.Suganya said that her senior doctor had uploaded a link about bitcoin trade,curious about the investment,she followed the link and invested Rs. 20,000. Soon she received a message to invest Rs. 30,000 to get good returns .
Dr.Suganya messaged her senior who replied to invest since there was no risk.Following the advise she invested Rs.30,000 more.
When she started getting messages to invest Rs.50,000 more,Dr.Suganya suspected something fishy and called her senior for confirmation .
To her shock,she came to know that the instagram account of her senior was hacked.
The police said that the money she had invested has been transferred automatically to multiple accounts . “
We have blocked some accounts and trying to track down the accused, a senior officer, said .
The police advised people to confirm multiple times before taking steps on the messages they received from the people they know.
