Hyderabad, Dec. 5 -- A 59-year-old resident of Banjara Hills lost Rs 2.49 lakh in the blink of an eye in a courier delivery scam. Believing he was paying some sort of a delivery fee to his courier via a message, the victim was tricked into eventually losing his money.

According to the Hyderabad police, the victim was expecting a DHL delivery. After following up for two days, he received an SMS on December 2, around around 11:30 a.m. from an unknown number, which stated that two delivery attempts to him had failed.

The message also requested a Rs 25 're-delivery charge' through a provided link. Believing it to be an authentic message from DHL, the victim clicked the link and entered his credit card details. He then received an OTP for th...