One lakh rupees were lost in the matter of 300 rupees lipstick(One lakh )

Mumbai: Cases of online fraud are increasing day by day. Scammers are adopting various methods to commit fraud. In this series, a similar case of fraud has come to light in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. Where a 31-year-old doctor was allegedly defrauded of Rs 1 lakh  (One lakh ) after ordering lipstick worth Rs 300 from an e-commerce portal. In fact, a few days after placing the order, he received a message from the courier company stating that his order had been delivered. However, when he did not receive the product, he contacted the company’s helpline number. During this, the lady doctor was told that a customer service representative would contact her soon.

When the victim received a call from the alleged customer service representative, she was told that her order had been put on hold and she would have to transfer Rs 2 to receive it. However, the doctor refused to send the money and despite several requests from the caller, she did not agree to transfer the money. After this a web link was sent to the female doctor and asked to download it. Soon he was asked to fill in his address and bank details.

After this the doctor received a message to create BHIM UPI link, but he immediately asked the caller about it. The caller assured him that the parcel would now be delivered. However, on November 9, Rs 95,000 and Rs 5,000 were debited from his bank account. As soon as the doctor received the message that money was debited from his account, he lodged a complaint at the Cyber Police Station in Nerul.
A case was registered against an unidentified person under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 66C and 66D of the Information Technology (IT) Act for fraud.