LUCKNOW: An advocate was duped of Rs 27,000 in an online fraud in Aliganj.
Lodging a case with the police and also with the cyber cell, the complainant, Vinit Kumar Mishra of Sector P in Aliganj, said he received a message on his mother's mobile phone regarding the payment of electricity bill.
"The message said that electricity bill was pending and the supply will be disconnected if the payent is not made on July 24. I talked at the number from which the message was posted and was informed that I had to open the UPPCL website and pay Rs 100 for registration. On his insistence, I paid Rs 100 and after some time I got a message of deduction of Rs 27,000 though PhonePay from my bank account," he said.
ADCP, north zone, Anil Yadav, said an FIR had been registered under the charges of dishonesty and under the IT Act.
