An Odisha youth was cheated of Rs 1 lakh while trying to sell his cow online.<\/i><\/p>\n
A youth in Bhubaneswar was allegedly duped of Rs 1 lakh while trying to sell his cow on an online marketplace.<\/p>\n
After being duped by the cybercriminal, the youth, Debasish Sahoo, lodged a complaint at Bharatpur Police Station in Bhubaneswar.<\/p>\n
As per the complaint, Sahoo put up an advertisement on digital marketplace Krishify to sell his cow on March 11 when the scamster posing as a potential buyer duped him.<\/p>\n
The imposter identified himself as Manjit, called Sahoo and introduced himself as an army officer. He showed interest in purchasing the cow and the deal was finalised at Rs 20,000.<\/p>\n
The fraudster sent QR scan code five times to the number of Sahoo and Rs 1 lakh was debited from his bank account in five separate transactions.<\/p>\n
“Initially, the caller sent a QR scan code for Rs 5. When I scanned the code on my smartphone, Rs 5 was credited to my account,” the complainant said.<\/p>\n
After building trust, the caller then sent another scan code for Rs 20,000 to the phone of Sahoo.<\/p>\n
“As I scanned the code in my phone, Rs 20,000 was debited from my bank account. Surprised with the debit, I told the caller about the debit of my money. The caller maintained that the amount might have debited due to a technical glitch and asked me to scan the code again. In a similar manner, I lost a total of Rs 1 lakh from the account,” the complainant said.<\/p>\n
Following the incident, Sahoo, in a video message, appealed the people not to fall prey to the online fraudsters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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