DEHRADUN, May 25 -- A woman from Dehradun became a victim of online fraud after a fraudster impersonated her husband's friend. The caller claimed that he had accidentally sent her extra money and asked her to return it. To get the money back, he sent her a QR code and some links. When she clicked on the links, a total amount of Rs 54,192 was deducted from her account.
According to the police, Pooja Kothiyal, has lodged a FIR in Rajpur police station. She said that on May 19, a person pretending to be her husband's friend called her. He told her that he was calling from Chandigarh and that her husband had shared her number to send some money.
The fraudster sent his WhatsApp number and claimed that he had sent Rs 15,000. She received a mess...