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Mumbai jeweller loses Rs 5 lakh to cyber fraud
Updated On: 18 August, 2024 10:13 PM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
After his bank account gets frozen, jeweller finds the RTGS payment for purchase of gold worth over R5 lakh from his shop was proceeds of a cyber fraud
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A Malad-based jewellery shop owner recently fell victim to a sophisticated cyber fraud that resulted in a loss of over Rs 5 lakh. The incident occurred on August 16 when two men posing as customers entered the shop and purchased gold bars and other jewellery items to the tune of over Rs 5 lakh. The payment for the purchases was made through online payment using RTGS and the shopkeeper received a confirmation message on his mobile phone.
However, the shop owner’s elation over the Rs 5 lakh sale was short-lived as he received a message from his bank in the evening that his account had been frozen. Alarmed, he rushed to the bank the next day to investigate. It was then that he discovered the unsettling truth, a cyber fraud had been committed against someone in Telangana, and the funds transferred to his account were part of the scam.
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