Internet search costs woman Rs 8L

A resident of Aman City-1, Kharar, lost Rs 8 lakh in an online fraud.

In her complaint to the police, Tina Verma stated that an unidentified caller fraudulently withdrew around Rs 8 lakh from her three bank accounts after she tried to contact a courier company on a number obtained from the Internet on April 10 and 11.

The complainant, an educationist in a college, stated that she tried to contact the courier company as she was expecting an ATM card delivery. The caller entangled her in a web of weblinks and WhatsApp messages and fraudulently withdraw the money from her accounts.