ACTION PUNJAB NEWS Desk: A 54-year-old Panvel woman lost over Rs three lakh to an online fraud while buying dry fruits, police said on Wednesday.
According to the woman’s complaint, on September 20, she saw an advertisement for a dry-fruits store on Facebook and ordered some dry-fruits.
When she called the number listed in the advertisement, the person on the other end told her how to make a payment using a UPI-based app.
He informed her that the transaction had failed after she followed his instructions. However, she later discovered that Rs 3,09,337 had been withdrawn from her bank account.
She attempted to contact the individual again, but he was unable to be reached on the phone, she told the police.
On Tuesday, a case of cheating under IPC section 420 and relevant sections of the Information Technology Act was registered at Panvel police station, and an investigation was launched, according to police.
