You must have heard about people losing money to fraudsters who pose as bank officials and show fear of debit cards or accounts getting blocked. There were incidents when people got duped while trying to purchase a second-hand item on reselling sites like Olx. In a recent incident of cyber fraud, a Mumbai-based young lawyer lost over Rs 44,000 to scammers in multiple transactions to a scammer who posed as the owner of a wine shop. The lawyer was trying to order beer online for home delivery.
The lawyer reportedly searched for a beer shop contact number online and when he called on the number, the scammer lured him into paying for two bottles first. Then he asked for additional payments through QR codes for generating bills and promised that money will be refunded. The scammer lured the lawyer into making multiple payments by sending QR codes of specified payments on the pretext of returning the money.
The victim followed the instructions until he smelled something fishy and till then, the lawyer had already transferred over Rs 44,000 to the scammer. The scammer later stopped picking up calls and blocked the lawyer’s phone number. The lawyer then filed a police complaint, reported Hindustan Times.
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