Woman duped of Rs 3 lakh in Gurugram

Our Correspondent
Gurugram, February 17

A Sector 49 resident was allegedly duped of Rs 3 lakh by an imposter claiming to aid her in completing the KYC for her Paytm account. The imposter asked her to install team viewer and then transfer money online. An FIR was registered at the cyber crime police station.

According to the complaint filed by Shweta Talwar, a resident of Sispal Vihar, Sector 49, in November last year, Rs3 lakh were withdrawn from her account through Paytm. The cyber crime police were verifying the facts and registered a case on Sunday.

“On November 7, 2019, I got a message from a mobile number and the caller saying please complete your KYC and contact on 6290706112. I called on the number and he asked me to install Quick Support Team Viewer and asked me to allow screen recording in the control centre of my phone. He asked me to login on Paytm, which I did. The person asked me to transfer Rs10 in the wallet and I did so. The call was disconnected and within seconds, an amount of Rs1,57,161 was deducted from my account. They shared another number with me on November 18, 2019, and Rs4,897 was deducted fraudulently by Paytm. Again on November 19, 2019, Rs1,37,096 was deducted from my account,” the complainant told the police.

An FIR was registered against unidentified fraudster under Sections 420 (cheating) of the IPC and Sector 66 of the Information Technology Act at cyber crime police station. The police said they were searching for the accused.