Army doc loses ₹19.2L while trying to buy iPad at half price
Bengaluru:02.02.2021
A doctor with the Army, who tried to buy an Apple iPad at a discounted price, ended up losing Rs 19.2 lakh to fraudsters.
In March, Dr Chethan B, 29, from KHB Colony in Basaveshwaranagar, who was posted in Jammu and Kashmir, logged into Quikr, an online marketplace. The fraudsters he came across through the platform promised to get him an iPad from Dubai for Rs 45,000 which in India would cost around Rs 80,000.
Chethan transferred the money but did not get the product. When he contacted the men, they made him transfer more money saying they had to clear sales tax and other taxes. They also offered to get him five iPods, five watches and two laptops for an attractive price. Chethan ended up transferring Rs 19.2 lakh in two months. But the products did not arrive. On arrival in Bengaluru, he filed a complaint with Magadi Road police. TNN
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