Woman doctor trying to buy wine online loses Rs 1.43 lakh to cyber fraudster
Mumbai: In an attempt to buy wine online, a woman doctor from Malad working with a vaccine manufacturing company was duped of around Rs 1.43 lakh.
As per various media accounts, the 29-year-old doctor called on a number of Sona Wines found online, which was a fraudulent number. The person on the phone initially told her to pay an amount of Rs 2000 through a digital payment wallet to an account number sent on WhatsApp. The amount had been credited from her account; however, her wallet showed the transaction to have failed. The man told her to try again on another account number.
Following the second time, she was told that "registering" the transaction was compulsory to generate a bill, and hence was told to enter an amount of Rs 19,236 into the wallet. On further enquiry, she was told to repeat the payment. The person again asked her to send double the money, Rs 38,472 after which she became angry and told the man to refund her balance.
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