desperate scammers are now sending whatsapp audio files to lure gullible people into lottery frauds if you receive any audio file over whatsapp from an unknown number or a whatsapp call from a stranger claiming to be a customer care representative of whatsapp then simply ignore themthis scam involves an audio recording that claims that you have won a lottery ticket worth rs 25 lakh on behalf of whatsapp in order to win the prize money the victim will have to contact an sbi branch in mumbai interestingly the scammer insists on calling the socalled branch manager only over whatsapp this audio recording comes along with an image that talks about a random kbc lottery this scam involves getting people to call the socalled bank branch manager once the victim is lured to call the scammer he would be asked to deposit a registration fee or pay taxes for the lottery amount of rs 25 lakh of course if you pay the registration fee or tax for winning the lottery you will lose your money entirely alternatively the scammers may even direct you to install an app which will most likely be a remote desktop app through which they may try to steal the baking details upi pin and other passwords from the victims phone every year the popular kbc lottery scam makes a comeback around october when the popular kaun banega crorepati kbc quiz show hosted by superstar amitabh bachchan returns to tv whats surprising is that people are still falling for this easy scam after declaring that the victim has won the kbc contest the real scam begins the victim is then asked to deposit somewhere between rs 8000 and rs 10000 as tax money or processing fee to enable the kbc team to send the prize money of rs 25 or rs 30 lakh the processing fee is usually asked to be deposited in the form of bank drafts the scammers in some cases might not ask for the processing fee instead would ask about the victims bank account details on the pretext of directly transferring money to the victims account the problem here that the victim might give away confidential online banking details which might be used to steal later