Kundapur Woman loses Rs 7.75 Lakh in online fraud
Kundpaur: A woman from Kundapur has lost Rs 7.75 Lakh from her bank account in the name of Patanjali Online Business.
The woman has been identified as Anuradha Holla (39) a resident of Prashanthi Nikethan, Koteshwar near Kundapur.
According to the complaint, Anuradha Holla had applied for Pathanjali treatment clinic business through online on August 9. After two days she received a call asking her to send a copy of her Aadhar Card, PAN Card, Voter ID, and Photograph through WhatsApp. Later they suggested her to pay Rs 50000 for business registration. On August 23, Anuradha deposited the money. On September 1 she again deposited Rs 2,30,000 as a Security deposit. The fraudsters again contacted Anuradha and asked Rs 2.50 Lakh for purchasing Ayurvedha Items, and she again transferred the money.
On September 15 Anuradha again deposited Rs 1,10,000 for the purpose of Yoga Training Security Deposit. After that again she deposited Rs 80000 VAT Tax. On October 30 Anuradha was again asked to deposit Rs 55000 to pay the tax. She had never suspected the caller to be a fraudster. After that when there was no news from the callers, Anuradha got suspicious and tried to contact the callers but all numbers were not working. By then Anuradha had lost Rs 7,45,000 to the fraudsters.
Anuradha has filed a complaint and a case has been registered in the CEN Police station. Investigations are on in this regard.
Wonder why and how people do not learn that E-Commerce is the most unreliable and the most fraud-infested technology ever invented. So many people get cheated doing online transactions, and sadly the authorities still encourage that everything should be transacted on-line despite so many news articles worldwide of how easily people steal money. I strongly recommend people to conduct any transaction in the old and trusted ways – like go personally to the Bank to withdraw cash with a Slip or a Cheque, or take a Statement from inside the bank – thus avoiding the ATM and the scams in… Read more »