Cyber Criminals Attempt Rs 8L Fraud from Minister Vikramaditya’s Account

In what could have been a high-profile digital heist, cyber fraudsters in Shimla tried to pull a fast one — quite literally — by attempting to transfer nearly Rs eight lakh from the bank account of Himachal Pradesh’s Public Works Minister Vikramaditya Singh. Masquerading as top state secretariat officials, the scammers made a bold call to the UCO Bank’s Vidhan Sabha branch, banking on panic and urgency to execute a fake RTGS transaction. But what they didn’t count on was a bank manager who had sharper instincts than their script.