Noida, July 30 -- A 50-year-old software developer from Noida's Sector 11 lost Rs.15.50 lakh in a SIM swap scam carried out through six transactions between July 20 and 27, police said on Tuesday. A case has been registered at the Cybercrime Branch police station against an unidentified suspect.

The victim, Rajneesh Narang, was allegedly tricked into converting his physical SIM card into an eSIM by a caller posing as a telecom service representative. According to the police, Narang received a call on July 18 from an unknown number, during which he was told that switching to an eSIM would improve network connectivity.

Police said the caller instructed Narang to complete further steps via email after the SIM was not activated even 24 hour...