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In a reported incident from Gurugram, a woman incurred a loss of over 30,000 while attempting to purchase a bottle of whiskey online..
As per a TOI report, a 32-year-old woman living in Gurugram purchased a bottle of whiskey online..
Relating her encounter to TOI, the woman detailed that following her call to the mentioned number and payment of 3,000 for a bottle of Glenfiddich via UPI, she received a subsequent call demanding extra funds for delivery..
Subsequently, the scammers insisted she send 5, assuring a refund and providing a UPI transaction description featuring a sequence of numbers and characters presented as a GST number..
Despite refraining from downloading any dubious applications that might compromise her phone screen, Shekhawat learned from information provided by the police that her account details had been exposed following the 5 transaction..
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