Women duped of Rs 2.4 lakh while ordering sweets online for Diwali

A 49-year old women lost Rs 2.4 lakh to an online fraud while ordering sweets for Diwali. Pooja Shah, resident of suburban Andheri, ordered sweets on a food delivery app and tried to pay Rs 1,000 online but the transaction failed.

Then she found the sweet shop’s number online. A person at the other end asked her to share her credit card number and an OTP received on her phone. The woman shared the card details and OTP, and within a few minutes Rs 2,40,310 were siphoned off from her account, PTI reported.

After she lodged a complaint with Oshiwara police station, police managed to stop Rs 2,27,205 from being transferred to other accounts. Further probe was on, officials said.