3 Chandigarh residents fall prey to online fraud

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Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 8

Three city residents fell prey to online fraud. A Sector 32 resident was duped by an imposter who claimed to be an Army man.

Complainant Atul Rai, a resident of the GMCH residential complex, Sector 32, reported that his mother is into the business of sanitisers and she had given an advertisement on India Mart.

He stated that on June 19, a person claiming himself to be an Army man called his mother and expressed desire to purchase sanitisers and make payment through Google Pay. The complainant’s mother asked him to receive the payment from the suspect.

“The fraudster sent an ID card and the canteen card of an Army man. He then sent a Google Play link on the complainant’s mobile phone,” said a cop.

The complainant alleged that as soon he clicked on the link, an amount of Rs10,000 and Rs4,995 got debited from his SBI account.

The police have registered a case of cheating at the Sector 34 police station and initiated investigations into the matter.

In another case, complainant Sandeep, a resident of Sector 30, reported that he came across an advertisement on Facebook regarding the sale of a Nikon camera.

The complainant struck a deal with an unknown seller and transferred a sum of Rs 11,050 to the seller’s bank account, only to find that he has been duped.

Acting on the complaint, a case has been registered at the Industrial Area police station.

Another cheating case has been registered at the Maloya police station on the complaint of Vivek, a resident of Maloya. He was duped of Rs 4,000 on the pretext of providing him a job.

Vivek (27) reported that during lockdown he was searching for a job as a data entry operator on a website named Quikr. He later received a call from a company named Data Fortune Solutions. The person asked him to pay Rs 4,000 as service charge, which he paid. However, the complainant was neither provided a job nor his money was returned.