Online fraud: Nurse in Manipal loses Rs 3.55 lakh

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, July 01, 2019: A nurse from Neelavara village in Brahmavar fell prey to an online fraud and has lost Rs 3.55 lakh.  The victim, Pallavi, 29, wife of one Sridhar. She works in Manipal it seems.

 

Pallavi had received a ‘Scratch Win’ coupon on April 25, 2019. Believing it to be  genuine, she scratched it and found that she had won Rs 12 lakh.

Pallavi then contacted a mobile phone number written on the coupon and the man on the other side introduced him as Ashwin Kumar, a representative of online store--Naaptol.

He then convinced her that to receive the prize money, she has to send a total of Rs 3,55,800 to different bank accounts.

The fruadster had told Pallavi that money includes service charge, GST and other taxes. Meanwhile, Pallavi was also contacted by one Ajay Kumar, who also asked her to send the amount to claim the prize money. Later, Pallavi realised that she had fallen prey to an online fraud. She has filed a complaint at cybercrime, economic offences and narcotics (CEN) police station.

Udupi CEN station PSI Seetharam said that a case had been registered under sections of IT Act and IPC.

Pallavi used to buy items through Naaptol which is indeed a genuine company. But the fraudsters hacked the details of the transaction made by Pallavi with Naaptol and sent the coupon to her address that she mentioned during the transaction.

The present location of the fraudster is showing as Bihar state, while bank accounts to which Pallavi deposited the money situated in West Bengal, he added.