A fraudster has been booked on Sunday for allegedly hacking into the WhatsApp of a merchant navy officer and attempting to dupe his family by asking them to send him money for medical urgency. As the family was alert they did not fall for the modus and filed a police complaint.

As per police, the incident took place on April 27 when the victim’s 20-year-old daughter received a message from her father’s WhatsApp that read: “I Am out of station now in a meeting. I need a favour from you now, it's me rolf alveyn. (sic)” When she found this odd and asked what it was about, she got another message that stated: “I need you to help me carry out an urgent online money transfer now, immediately after my meeting now I will transfer back to you, the transfer is verry urgent now, for urgent medical attention.”