Man downloads app to cancel online order, loses ₹70k

CYBERCRIME FILE

Man downloads app to cancel online order, loses ₹70k

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bengaluru:20.08.2020

A 37-year-old private company employee recently lost Rs 70,000 to online fraudsters after he asked a delivery boy to cancel his order for a headphone set over a payment dispute.

Raman (name changed) from Koramangala came across an advertisement about sale of headphones on social media. He placed an order and paid Rs 1,600 digitally. “A delivery boy identifying himself as Raj visited my house. He asked me to pay the amount but I told him I had already paid online. I showed him a screenshot of the payment but he was not convinced. So I asked him to cancel the order. Raj called another person who identified himself as Sandeep to inform him about my decision. Sandeep asked me to download an app. I did so and provided information, including my bank account details. Soon after the delivery boy left, I realised Rs 70,000 had been deducted from my account,” Raman said.

Raman approached Central CEN Crime police on Monday to lodge the complaint.

Man agrees to enhance credit limit, duped of ₹1L

A 43-year-old private firm staffer lost over Rs 1 lakh after he agreed to enhance his credit limit to Rs 1.5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh and shared details of his credit card.

Salman from Rajendranagar near Koramangala told police he had received a call from an unknown number and the caller had introduced herself as Ankita, representative of the bank from which he had availed the card.

“She enquired about quality of the service and later told Salman the bank was ready to increase his credit limit to Rs 1.5 lakh. She collected his card details. After a few days, he got to know that some miscreants had siphoned off Rs 1,03,525 from his card,” a police officer said. Central CEN Crime police have taken up the case.