What looked like a small Rs 12 payment turned out to be a massive digital theft for a 60-year-old man in Noida. The senior citizen lost over Rs 12 lakh after cybercriminals hacked into his phone, following a call about a so-called pending gas bill. Not long ago, a similar ‘electricity bill scam’ was quite prevalent across the country, which also mainly targeted senior citizens. Knowing that common people, particularly the elderly, easily fall into the fear induced by urgency, cybercriminals try to trap them by taking advantage of gaps in their technological efficiency.