Woman tries to order Rs 550 whisky bottle online, loses Rs 5.35 lakh

A woman in Mumbai who tried to place an online order for a whisky bottle worth Rs 550 from a shop ended up paying Rs 5.35 lakh to cyber-fraudsters impersonating its employees and tricked her into sending the money to them.

An FIR was registered on August 10 by the MHB Colony police station in Borivali (West) after she lodged a complaint. The woman told the police that she wanted a bottle of whisky for cake decoration and searched for the phone number of Silver Wines shop in Dahisar on August 9.

The complainant found a fake mobile number of the shop uploaded by a cyber-fraudster.