Mumbai: 28-year-old cop tries to cancel air ticket, duped of Rs 94,990

A Railway Police Protection (RPF) constable was duped of Rs 94,990 by a cyber fraudster who impersonated a private airline official and tricked him into transferring the amount on the pretext of helping him cancel an air ticket.

As realisation dawned, the constable rushed to his bank to freeze the transfer only to find the money had been directly spent on online shopping.

According to the Mumbai Central GRP, the 28-year-old constable used a travel booking app on May 10 to book an air ticket to New Delhi for May 12. However, later in the day, he found that while he had booked a 1.50 pm flight, the timing was 7.05 pm in the ticket. He, therefore, he decided to cancel the ticket.