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Last Update: February 01, 2023, 10:53 IST
The increasing use of the Internet has led to an increase in online scams across India. (Representational image/Reuters)
A man was duped of Rs 4,900 by a man offering discounted hotel rooms on Instagram. what happened here
The Delhi Police has arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly offering a fraud scheme in which he promised victims budget-friendly hotel room bookings and took money from them.
According to The Indian Express, a man alerted the Delhi Police after he was duped of Rs 4,900 by promising to book a budget hotel room at the ITC Fortune Hotel in Madurai. The suspect had posted ads on Instagram—claiming to offer discounts on hotel room bookings at various destinations.
“Since the complainant had to go to Madurai, she contacted the accused person regarding booking a hotel at ITC Fortune Hotel in Madurai,” said Gurikbal Sidhu, DCP – Rohini, New Delhi.
The victim had transferred Rs 4900 to the account of the accused. Sidhu said, “Later the victim went to Madurai and found that no hotel room had been booked in his name.”
According to the report, a case of cheating has been registered at Cyber Police Station Rohini.
The police traced the accused Yuvraj to Zirakpur in Chandigarh following the target of financial transactions. Yuvraj confessed to creating fake Instagram ads, offering cheap hotel rooms and tricking others into sending money into his account.
In another news, A Mumbai woman was scammed of over Rs 4,00,000 by a user she met on Instagram. Posing as a foreign national, the man promised her an iPhone and £20,000, but the woman lost her money to the fraudster in the form of ‘processing fees’ and miscellaneous charges. Mumbai Police has termed this case as ‘gift fraud’.
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