Mumbai: A 40-year-old woman was deceived by Rs 98,000 by a cybercriminal who posed as an employee of the application cabin provider.
The woman registered complaints with the police station and Colony Aarey officers were investigating further.
The woman is a resident of Thane West.
He told the police in his complaint that the incident occurred last month while he took his son to make a film at Goregaon’s Aarey Colony for film auditions.
He uses the application to order an autorickshaw.
But instead of sending auto to his residence, the application company arranged a taxi for him.
The woman and her son were delayed and took a taxi.
When the cost came to Rs 1,380, the woman paid the amount but decided to take problems with the application taxi service provider.
He searched the web search engine for the company’s customer service number and dialed the number that he met.
He is not known, the number belongs to cyber cyber.
“The defendant had a short conversation with him and made him install the application on his phone.
This application gave him long distance access to his cellphone screen,” said a police officer “when the victim used his debit card and e-wallet, the defendant got all the details and used it to transfer RS ​​98,000 From his account, “the police later said.
After several transactions occurred and the woman received a series of text warnings from the bank, that’s when she realized that she had been cheated.
He blocked his NetBanking account and approached Aarey Colony’s police to file a complaint.