Ludhiana woman loses Rs 18,000 in online fraud

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 30

A woman was duped of around Rs18,000 by an unknown fraudster while she was trying to book a room at a hotel.

Complainant Jatinder Kaur, a resident of Ludhiana, went to Chandigarh and started searching for a hotel in Sector 34 online. She came across a number and spoke to a person regarding hotel booking. The suspect sent her photographs of different rooms and asked her to deposit Rs5,000 in a bank account. She transferred the money in a bank account. The suspect again made her transfer an amount of Rs2,999 to the bank account.

The complainant then decided to cancel the hotel booking and sought refund for the amount deposited online. The fraudster asked the complainant to follow a few steps for refund of the deposited amount. As a result, another amount of Rs10,098 got debited from her account.

The complainant checked with the hotel and found that she has been duped by some fraudster. She has submitted a complaint to the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell of the Chandigarh police.