Pharma Student Harassing Woman Using Sold OTPs Arrested In Hyderabad Feb 25, 2021, 15:13 IST
OneTime Password (OTP) has recently become extremely crucial for activating a social media account. OTP is very important to protect our information from falling into the hands of others. However, in recent times, cybercriminals are selling these OTPs too. A Pharmacy student who came to know about this.. bought an OTP to activate WhatsApp and got into trouble for harassing a woman. This case plays an example of the new way of cybercrime.
A young man (20) from Secunderabad met the victim when they were studying in a private school in 2015 and were friends since then. After schooling, they continued their friendship and met in person several times. During this, he proposed to her and she rejected. Later, she got married to another person. Since then, he bore a grudge against her and tried to activate Whatsapp with a new number with purchased OTPs. Thus, he got access to WhatsApp with