Maha man falls for ‘₹100 thali for free’ offer, loses ₹1L in card fraud
V.Narayan@timesgroup.com
23.01.2022
Mumbai: An elderly man from Khar lost ₹99,520 on his credit card after he fell prey to a hoax ad promising delivery of a thali for ₹100, along with two thalis free. The 74-year-old victim,ND Nand, thought it was a safe bet as the ad stated that he would only have to pay an advance of ₹10 by credit card, and then pay the remaining ₹90 in cash upon delivery.
Instead, his card was charged twice for ₹49,760. The fraud took place on January 19, when Nand was browsing on Facebook and came across an ad offering a thali at an inaugural price of ₹100. Tempted by the deal, Nand called the number listed on the ad. In the complaint, Nand said, “A person identifying himself as Deepak attended the call and asked me to provide him with my credit card details to place the order. He told me that initially ₹10 would be deducted and I have to pay ₹90 in cash once the order was delivered. The person then asked me to share the one-time password that I received to complete the order. ”
A police officer said Nand realisedthathe hadbeenduped immediately after he received two SMS alerts related to the fraudulent transactions that wer e carried out from his credit card.
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