Andheri bizman duped of ₹7.2 lakh while e-shopping

The victim, Ankit Sachdev, approached the Meghwadi Police Station and filed a complaint against an unknown person on Sunday.

Mumbai: A businessman from Andheri lost ₹7.26 lakh to cyber frauds while trying to buy some equipment from the website of an international electronics company.

Andheri bizman duped of ₹7.2 lakh while e-shopping

The victim, Ankit Sachdev, approached the Meghwadi Police Station and filed a complaint against an unknown person on Sunday.

Sachdev has a medical equipment manufacturing unit and was trying to get electronic parts for the same.

As per the police, he was making a purchase on the afternoon of February 6 from the website of the well-known electronics company, Arrow.

“My bill was around $4,813 ( ₹4,50,000). I tried to pay from my laptop first but the transaction didn’t go through. Thinking that there was some problem with my device, I tried to make the same purchase from my mobile phone,” states Sachdev’s FIR.

The transaction didn’t complete the second time either and he received a call from an unknown number, the victim told the police.

“The call got disconnected soon after I picked up the phone. Not paying heed to the distraction, I tried to complete the purchase by connecting my account with another bank. After this transaction failed, I gave up the purchase for that day,” states Sachdev’s FIR.