Pune: Shivajinagar Police are investigating a 71-year-old man’s complaint that a cheater sucks Rs 3.16 lakh from his bank account after sending him some QR code as he was looking for red wine delivery.
The complainant, which is a retired senior medical practitioner, initially reported this problem to the cyber police after fraud occurred in April this year.
After verification, Shivajinagar police registered his complaint on Thursday.
The Septuagenarian tells the Toi that after his heart surgery, he starts drinking red wine with a drug base.
“I regularly buy wine from a liquor store located on Jalan Kelkar.
On April 15, I looked for the store contact number on the internet and called,” senior citizens share.
Someone who claimed to be the manager took orders.
“I was told that the store did not have payment on the shipping option.
He asked me to transfer money online.
I told him that I would not share my credit / debit card details, so he gave me the payment option through the QR code.
Believe it to be Safe mode, I transferred the number of Rs 1,470 bills, “said the complainant.
He added, “After some time, the shipping person called me and said he was near my house.
He also said I needed to complete the registration process, which he sent me another QR code.
After seeing Rs 19,991 mentioned as the number, I became suspicious .
He claimed that I only needed to mention my real number of bills.
I scan the QR code and the amount is sucked.
“The sender blames the technical problem and sends another QR code.
This time, Rs 97,250 was sucked.
Senior citizens said, “the manager clearly explained some procedures to me, told me to add the account number as the recipient and the transfer of the same number I lost, which I will then get from the bank.
I finally lost Rs 3.16 lakh.” Vikram Inspector GAUD from Police Shivajinagar said, “Fraudsters operate from various countries.
The QR code was sent through two cellphone numbers, registered in Assam and New Delhi.
The number was transferred to a private bank account at Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and Ambala (Haryana).”