Rajkot: Taking an appointment with a doctor at a private nursing home for a fee of Rs 5 ultimately cost a Junagadh farmer Rs 99,000!
in your complaint lodged with Cyber crimes police station last week, heavy dustresident of Samadhiyala Gir A village in Maliya Hatina taluka was duped online in March and approached the police in April.
According to the complaint, has a nephew BoyA farmer, who is also completing his MBA, fell ill on March 27 and wanted Bharda to take him to a private hospital hospital in Keshod. When Bharda searched the number of the hospital in the search engine, a mobile number was found. He dialed the given number.
When he called, a person picked up the phone and introduced himself as the receptionist of the hospital. When Bharda wanted to book an appointment for her nephew, the man asked her to pay Rs 5 online to book an appointment and sent her a link to fill in the patient’s details.
Within minutes, Bharda received a link from a mobile where she had to fill in the patient’s details and pay Rs 5 as a fee for the appointment. He filled the link as instructed and made the payment of Rs.5 using the UPI ID. The next day, Bharda received a text message from her bank informing her that Rs 99,000 had been debited from her account. He immediately got his account blocked through mobile banking and contacted the branch where he was told to file a cyber fraud complaint.
“We have identified an account number of a private bank in which the money was transferred and was immediately withdrawn from the ATM. Investigation is on.” said a police officer.
in your complaint lodged with Cyber crimes police station last week, heavy dustresident of Samadhiyala Gir A village in Maliya Hatina taluka was duped online in March and approached the police in April.
According to the complaint, has a nephew BoyA farmer, who is also completing his MBA, fell ill on March 27 and wanted Bharda to take him to a private hospital hospital in Keshod. When Bharda searched the number of the hospital in the search engine, a mobile number was found. He dialed the given number.
When he called, a person picked up the phone and introduced himself as the receptionist of the hospital. When Bharda wanted to book an appointment for her nephew, the man asked her to pay Rs 5 online to book an appointment and sent her a link to fill in the patient’s details.
Within minutes, Bharda received a link from a mobile where she had to fill in the patient’s details and pay Rs 5 as a fee for the appointment. He filled the link as instructed and made the payment of Rs.5 using the UPI ID. The next day, Bharda received a text message from her bank informing her that Rs 99,000 had been debited from her account. He immediately got his account blocked through mobile banking and contacted the branch where he was told to file a cyber fraud complaint.
“We have identified an account number of a private bank in which the money was transferred and was immediately withdrawn from the ATM. Investigation is on.” said a police officer.