A 49-year-old woman lost Rs 2.4 lakh to an online fraud while ordering sweets for <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/diwali-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Diwali</a>, police said on Tuesday.
Thanks to prompt action by police, she managed to recover much of the lost amount.
Pooja Shah, resident of suburban <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/andheri-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Andheri</a>, ordered sweets on a food delivery app on Sunday and tried to pay Rs 1,000 online but the transaction failed.
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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.
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.
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