Odisha: Girl falls pray to cyber fraud over free iphone lure
Deogarh, March 20 -- Amid increasing cases of cybercrimes despite the awareness measures by the Government, a girl from Odisha's Sambalpur district fell prey to yet another scam in the lure of getting a free iphone. The victim Chinmayee Pradhan, daughter of one Saroj Pradhan from Babusahi in Deogarh, has filed a complaint in this regard with the Cyber Police. Her father has filed another complaint with Deogarh police on Monday.
As per the complaint, Chinmayee, who studies in Sambalpur, received a phone call om March 9 where the caller asked her to buy items worth Rs 5,048 from e-commerce platform Flipkart in order to get a free iphone.
Lured by the prospect, she complied and made the payment through the UPI link sent by the caller. She ...
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