The Malabar Hill police have arrested two Uttar Pradesh-based farmers, who cheated three Mumbai residents of Rs 99,000, on the pretext of giving them huge amounts of cashback through an e-wallet app. The accused had posed as officials of a reputed telecom company.

Victim shares bank details
According to the police, a 30-year-old woman working in a South Mumbai company, received a call on May 23 about some money that she had won. The caller, posing as an operator of a telecom firm, said that in order to claim the amount she had to register herself on an e-wallet app and then deposit some money. Excited to know of such an offer, the victim immediately downloaded the app and in the process of recharging her wallet, she shared her bank details with the accused.