Indore: Doctor Loses iPhone, Conmen Send Messages With Links To Get ID, Password | FP Photo
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A doctor, who had lost his iPhone a month ago, received messages from conmen informing him about his phone’s status. The conmen also sent links with messages that the phone was temporarily switched on or it was connected to the internet. The doctor tried to find the location of the phone through the links sent to him but found out that they were fake.
It is believed that the conmen may be sending such links to get the ID and password of his mobile phone. Rajendra Nagar police registered a case of mobile phone theft on November 9 on the complaint of Dr Virendra Rajgir (superintendent PC Sethi Hospital), a resident of Vaibhav Nagar area of the city. Rajgir informed Free Press that he had visited Choithram Mandi on October 30.
When he was busy buying flowers, a youth came there and pushed him resulting in the phone falling into the bag being carried by the youth but Dr Rajgir was unaware about the same. The doctor had kept the mobile phone in his shirt’s pocket and on realising that the phone was missing he searched for it but was unsuccessful in finding his phone. He also searched for the youth but in vain.
Later, he visited the police station to lodge a complaint, however, the police directed him to register a complaint with CitizenCop, a mobile application of Indore Police to search stolen articles. In the FIR, the police didn’t mention that the youth had pushed the complainant and he had stolen the phone.
They only mentioned that an unidentified person stole the mobile phone and the complainant was unaware about him. Dr Rajgir further said that so far, police have been unable to search the mobile phone. Recently, he received three messages that his mobile phone was used a few minutes ago and later he received the message that the phone was connected to the internet.
In the third message, it was informed that his mobile phone was temporarily switched on. When Rajgir opened the link received in the message, no information was received about his mobile phone. The conmen tried to get his ID and password to access the phone. When the complainant checked his iCloud account, he received information that the phone was not in coverage. He alleged that the online fraudsters had created a fake software to mislead people and to open their phones.
