A person posing as an worker of Ola Electric allegedly duped a 26-year-old man on the promise of arranging an electric scooter dealership. According to cyber cell, the person, who runs a ironmongery shop at R.S. Puram, acquired a name in October final yr promising the dealership for which he made a cost of ₹4,69,500. However, he was not awarded the dealership even after many months. The cyber cell has registered a case based mostly on the grievance lodged by the person on Wednesday.
Credit card fraud
A 52-year-old man from Peelamedu was cheated of ₹1.52 lakh by an individual who impersonated as a buyer care government of SBI bank card. According to the cyber cell officers, the person searched on-line for the client care quantity to cancel his SBI bank card. He tried to contact a quantity. As per the grievance lodged by the person, he acquired a name from an unknown quantity. The caller requested him to put in AnyDesk, a distant entry utility, within the system. He additionally collected particulars of the complainant’s credit score and debit playing cards and one time passwords. The grievance discovered {that a} sum of ₹ 79,500 was debited from his SBI bank card and ₹ 72,500 from his SBI checking account in a number of transactions. The cyber cell has registered a case based mostly on the grievance lodged by the person on Wednesday.
Woman discovered lifeless
A 20-year-old lady who received married to a person hailing from Thondamuthur round six months in the past was discovered lifeless close to her residence on Thursday. The Thondamuthur police shifted the physique of the deceased Malathi, spouse of Parthipan, to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital for autopsy. A case for unnatural demise has been registered.
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