Five Chandigarh residents fall prey to online fraudsters

The cyber crime investigation cell of Chandigarh Police has lodged five separate cases of people losing money to online fraudsters

The cyber crime investigation cell of Chandigarh Police has lodged five separate cases of people losing money to online fraudsters.

Five Chandigarh residents ended up paying lakhs to online fraudsters. (Image for representational purpose)

Aryan Grewal, a resident of Sector 11, said he received a call from a person identifying himself as Pankaj Kumar Pandey on November 12. On the pretext of sending him some money for his brother’s knee operation, the caller sent him a link.

When Grewal clicked it, money was deducted from his Google Pay account. In three similar transactions, on pretext of returning the amount, the caller duped Grewal of ₹1.09 lakh and blocked his number.

Ruchika of Sector 29 told police that her father was duped of ₹40,000 in a similar manner after a person sought his Google Pay details after posing as their tenant wanting to pay rent.

Meanwhile, Kirandeep, a resident of Sector 21, lost ₹13.31 lakh after being duped by a man she met online on Instagram. He claimed to have sent her a gift, after which Kirandeep received a call from a person identifying himself as a customs officer. She was told to pay customs duty to claim the gift and ended up paying the amount in different instalments by December 3.