Hyderabad: Cyber crime cell issues advisory to check QR code frauds
By Mohammed Hussain| Published: 29th January 2021 5:38 pm IST
Hyderabad: A resident of Kukatpally uploaded photos of a 5-seater sofa set for sale on the OLX website for Rs. 23,500 and received a call from a person who said that he is interested in purchase the Sofa set and sent a QR code and asked to scan the QR code for the payment in advance.
On believing his words, the complainant scanned the QR code for Rs. 1 and got Rs. 2 to her bank account. As such, she scanned various codes multiple times and lost an amount of Rs. 99,500 has been deducted from her bank account.