Mumbai man cheated out of Rs 2.5 lakh by cyber fraudster posing as cab agent

A 30-year-old resident of Goregaon East in Mumbai was defrauded by a cyber fraudster when he tried to book a cab to visit his hometown in Gujarat. He was asked by the fraudster to make a “confirmation payment” of Rs 101 using a link, following which his account was drained of Rs 2,49,121, police said Monday.

On January 8, while trying to book a cab to Silvassa, Nazir Abla came across malhotracarrental.in and sent a booking request on the website. He eventually received a call from an unknown individual who claimed to be a staffer of Malhotra Car Rental. The caller told Abla that the cab fare would be Rs 1,900, which he found reasonable.