Mumbai: Couple loses Rs 2 lakh online while waiting for visa

MUMBAI: A 40-year-old man formerly employed with a PSU, and his wife, were duped by a cyberfraudster of Rs 2 lakh while they were awaiting visas for their family to be delivered to them via courier.
The Charkop police have registered an FIR and are investigating further.
The complainant had moved to his father-in-law's place with his wife and kids after quitting his job at the PSU in June.
On July 12, he made an online visa application for his wife, daughter and himself to travel overseas.
He was informed online that the visa would be couriered to his residence.
However, on August 8, when the visa didn’t arrive, his wife searched online for the courier company's phone number.
When she dialed the number, it got disconnected from the other end.
Around 1pm, she got a call from an unknown number. The caller posed as a representative of the courier company and said, he was sending a link across.
He asked her to make a transaction of Rs 2 via the link so that she would get her visa delivered at her address soon.
She opened the link and made the said transaction from her UPI Id.
On August 10, Rs 2 lakh was debited in various installments from the joint bank account of the complainant and his wife.
The complainant first complained to the bank and filled out a dispute form.
Later, on August 16 he lodged an FIR with the Charkop police.