Chandigarh: Looking for medicines online, piles patient loses ₹1.5 lakh

The Chandigarh resident saw an advertisement on Facebook regarding treatment of piles, following which he contacted the phone number mentioned therein

A Sector 28 resident suffering from piles fell prey to online fraudsters who wiped clean ₹1.58 lakh from his bank accounts after he turned to the internet for home delivery of medicines.

A Chandigarh resident was duped of ₹1.58 lakh in a cyber fraud. (HT FILE)

Ram Sajeevan, in his police complaint, said he saw an advertisement on Facebook regarding treatment of piles, following which he contacted the phone number mentioned therein.

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The person who attended the call, listed as “Arshveestgh” in Truecaller, a caller-identification app, shared another contact number with him.

On calling that number, he was asked to download AnyDesk, a remote access app, on his mobile phone and transfer ₹2 to a bank account. He followed the instructions and after sometime, a total of ₹1.58 lakh were withdrawn from his two bank accounts linked to his phone.

Acting on his complaint, the cyber cell police have registered a case against the unidentified accused under Sections 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.