A Bengaluru-based techie fell sufferer to a web based present card rip-off lately, shedding Rs 4.5 lakh. As per a Cash Management report, the fraud began when the engineer acquired a Diwali present message on WhatsApp, allegedly from his boss. “I’m at the moment engaged in a convention name assembly and I would like you to run a fast task. We have to present our shoppers in India with some present playing cards, are you able to verify if we are able to get apple app retailer playing cards from Paytm…,” learn the WhatsApp message acquired on October 13.
Prepared to make impression, the engineer, who was additionally a recent recruit, bought the vouchers that price him Rs 4.35 lakh. Consequently, he shared the voucher codes as instructed. He realised he’d been duped when he casually talked about the “present request” to his HR division, solely to search out out it hadn’t come from his actual boss in any respect.
Engineers information FIR with cyber crime police
The engineer, as per the report, filed an FIR at Bellandur Cyber Crime department the subsequent day. Police have began investigating the case, warning others to be cautious of comparable scams.
The sufferer informed the publication “Apple’s buyer assist operates solely Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm, which considerably limits victims’ capability to hunt well timed help. I couldn’t get the IDs blocked or get any respite instantly in recovering the misused funds and needed to wait until morning for Apple assist to open”.
