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A man from Maharashtras Thane city was duped of nearly Rs 5 lakh in cyber fraud after he relied on the results of a Google search to seek refunds for his cancelled trip to an African nation, an official said on Wednesday...
The man in his police complaint, said that he had booked return tickets to the Kenya capital Nairobi as he and his friend wanted to visit the city of Mombasa..
The tickets were booked for April 29 and May 05 and he paid Rs 1.46 lakh for them...
When the complainant could not get through to the airlines helpline, he ran a Google search and got what he thought to be the contact number of the airline, said the official...
He asked the complainant to download an app, got complete access to his phone and stole Rs 4.8 lakh from his accounts, said the official...
