Maha: Man tries to get refund for cancelled air tickets, loses Rs 4.8 lakh in cyber fraud

A man from Maharashtra’s Thane city lost nearly Rs 5 lakh in cyber fraud after he relied on the results of a Google search to seek refunds for his cancelled trip to an African nation, an official said on Wednesday.

In his police complaint, the man said that he had booked return tickets to the Kenya capital Nairobi as he and his friend wanted to visit the city of Mombasa. The tickets were booked for April 29 and May 05 and he paid Rs 1.46 lakh for them.

However, the complainant’s plans changed and he decided to cancel the tickets and seek refunds, said the official. He filled out a form for refund on the website of the airline on April 11.