India, March 28 -- A woman took matters into her own hands after her husband's PayPal account was used to make fraudulent purchases, including a Rs.83,000 ($1,000) iPad from Best Buy and a Rs.75,000 ($900) phone from Mercari. The scammer had the items shipped to an address just 10 miles from their home, leading her to track down the culprit herself.

The incident began when her husband noticed something unusual. "He looked at his computer. On the screen was Chrome, open to his password settings," she explained. The next day, he asked if she had purchased expensive electronics-but he didn't even have a Mercari account.

Checking their PayPal and bank statements, they found that the payments had already been processed. However, the scammer ...