Fraud hacks resort website, dupes customers

Mumbai: The police are trying to trace an unidentified online fraud for allegedly duping several people by hacking the website of a resort on Aksa beach and accepting online room booking amounts from them.

According to the Malwani police, the resort owners found out the fraud when several people landed at his property and claimed to have booked rooms through their website by making online payments. The resort owners then approached the police and lodged a complaint against the unknown fraud for cheating the customers.

The police officers said that their investigation revealed that the accused had put his phone number on the website of the Green Village Resort and accepted bookings from whoever contacted the number.