Bhubaneswar: A minor girl used to order things online became the recent victim of cyber fraud in Cuttack. A complaint in this regard has been lodged at the Cyber Crime Police Station.
As per Cuttack Additional DCP Anil Kumar Mishra, the girl from Naya Bazaar area of Cuttack had order some items from an ecommerce site. The order was received by her mother after paying Rs 400 in cash.
Later, the girl checked the parcel and found some dirty clothes in it. She contacted the delivery boy to return the item and demanded for a refund.The said delivery boy asked her to give a PhonePe number to transfer the said amount. As the minor girl did not have PhonePe, she gave the PhonePe number of a neighbour.
After giving the number, the neighbour received a link on the phone. The delivery boy asked the minor girl to click on the link to receive the money. However, after the neighbour clicked on that link, Rs 19,000 was immediately debited from his account.
