A shocking case has come to light in Pune, Maharashtra, where some accused changed the phone number on the online profile of a sweet shop. I put my phone number in place of the shop number. After this, advance money was taken from the customers who called to order sweets. This fraud continued for several days. When an official of the shop came to know about this, he lodged a complaint with the police. Now the police is busy investigating this matter.
When the secretary of the shop owner went to the shop located on Bajirao Road, some customers there asked him for the sweets ordered online. Then he came to know about this fraud. After this the secretary lodged a complaint at Vishrambagh police station. According to the police, cyber fraudsters cheated customers from October 23 to November 6.
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What did the police say?
Regarding this matter, Senior Inspector of Vishrambag Police Navnath Jagtap said that the secretary of the shop owner came to know about this fraud. Usually the shop shares its location and phone number online for the convenience of its customers. Similarly, information about the sweet shop was entered in the online profile. Cyber criminals removed the landline number present there and inserted their mobile number.
After this the customers called the shop mistaking it for the number and ordered sweets. The accused took money from customers online even before the delivery of sweets. After this the accused used to block the numbers of the customers, so that the customers could not call again.
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How many people were cheated?
The police have not yet found out how many people the accused have cheated. Police officers are currently busy searching for the accused. At present the police have not been able to get any concrete information about the accused.