The owner of a construction equipment firm was allegedly duped by two men who proposed to promote his business online for a meagre sum of ₹500. In the end, they were able to cheat him of ₹39,000.
When he agreed to their plan, they swiped his card for ₹39,000 instead of ₹500 and talked him into giving them his cellphone by claiming that there was a network problem, said the police. They quickly deleted the transaction alert message and left.
On Tuesday, when the victim, Manoj Kumar, checked his bank balance, he was surprised to see that ₹39,000 had been debited from his account.
The police have registered a case of cheating and are on the lookout for the duo.
