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Mohali: Online fraudster dupes taxi driver of ₹46,000
HT Correspondent, Mohali
May 10, 2023 01:28 AM IST
The caller said he will pay for the service online and sent ₹5 to Arun to ensure it was the right account. As the taxi driver entered the OTP to check if he had received ₹5, his phone stopped working and in the next few minutes he received a text message informing that ₹46,000 had been debited from his account
An online fraudster posing as an army officer duped a cab driver of ₹46,000 on the pretext of paying cab charges through an online payment app.
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The taxi driver, Arun Kumar, in his complaint, said he received a call from an unidentified number. The caller said he was an army officer and wanted to book his taxi from Zirakpur to Ramgarh.
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The caller said he will pay for the service online and sent ₹5 to Arun to ensure it was the right account.
As Arun entered the OTP to check if he had received ₹5, his phone stopped working and in the next few minutes he received a text message informing that ₹46,000 had been debited from his account.
Thereafter, he approached the police and an FIR against the unidentified fraudster was registered.
