New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Using a fraudulent credit card swiping scheme, a mobile shop manager conned his former colleague and three others of Rs.75 lakhs, as per a media report. With an increase in the number of users of credit cards across the nation, such scams are also gaining traction.

The prime accused in the case, Lokesh Shah, a resident of Chopda, allegedly tricked the victims with promises of lucrative commissions and profits if they allowed him to use their credit cards to purchase mobile phones online. Still, after swiping for large sums of money through the acquired credit cards, Shah never made the pending bill payments.

Ankit Vasava, one of the victims of the scam lodged the complaint after he realized he was scammed. He is a ...