Gardener loses ₹7.5 lakh to cyber criminal

A gardener lost ₹7.5 lakh to cyber criminals while trying to buy a Bluetooth device online.

The victim, Nand Kumar, 35, of Sector 20, Panchkula, who works as a gardener in the department of agriculture and farmers’ welfare, told police that he had ordered the device via an online app on October 11 and it was to be delivered before October 17.

As the device was not delivered till October 16, he looked up the courier company’s number on Google and dialed it. The person on the other end asked for tracking details and then told him his courier has been blocked. To unblock it, he would have to download the Quick support app and transfer ₹10 to an account.