A 73-year-old resident of south Mumbai was cheated of ₹1.38 lakh while buying wine online.
The elderly man searched for his favourite crème de cassis online and came across a photograph with a store name and mobile number on it. On speaking to a purported customer executive, he was told that a bottle costs ₹1,650. To pay, he was asked for his credit card details. First, he received a message of a deduction of the original amount but later received another message that ₹91,449 had been deducted. A few other withdrawals happened soon after. He later complained to the bank and got his card blocked and lodged a complaint with the Colaba police station.
