Madikeri: Cyber fraudsters extort Rs. 18 thousand on the pretext of hotel room booking
Madikeri: A case of cheating has come to light where cyber fraudsters extorted Rs 18 thousand from the owner of a hotel in Madikeri city on the pretext of booking a room.
A person who speaks Hindi had sent a request for a room online to the hotel. The manager of the hotel told him that he had to pay in advance to book the room and gave him the mobile number for a money transfer. The person who requested the room sent a screenshot of the message that he had paid Rs.20 thousand to the hotel owner through his mobile phone instead of 2 thousand rs. Then he immediately called and requested to return the extra money as he had paid advance money of Rs. 20 thousand instead of Rs 2 thousand. He requests the owner to return 18,000 Rs.
Convinced by the screenshot that 20 thousand has arrived, the owner returns 18 thousand to the caller. Later the owner receives another screenshot of 27 thousand rupees from the same mobile number. The fraudster calls again and says that I have mistakenly sent you the money that I was supposed to send to some hospital. He requests the owner to return the money.
As a result, when the suspicious hotel owner checked his account, it came to his notice that the fraudster had not paid any money. The screenshots of Rs 20 thousand and Rs 27 thousand paid are found to be false. As soon as a loss of Rs 18 Thousand is confirmed, the owner calls the mobile number of both the caller and the number that had sent the screenshot of the money transaction. But it was too late when the owner realised that it was a cyber scam as no number was working.
The hotel owner immediately lodged a complaint with the Kodagu District Cyber Crime Investigation Department about the fraud.
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Delhi records high of 32.7 deg C; AQI remains 'moderate'
New Delhi (PTI): The maximum temperature in Delhi settled at 32.7 degrees Celsius on Sunday, 1.3 notches below the seasonal average, according to the India Meteorological Department.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 20.1 degrees Celsius on Sunday, 1.3 notches below the average for the season, while the relative humidity stood at 46 per cent at 5.30 pm, the IMD said.
The weather department has forecast a partly cloudy sky for Monday with the maximum and minimum temperatures expected to hover around 34 and 19 degrees Celsius, respectively.
The air quality remained 'moderate' at 4 pm, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 134, a slight drop from Saturday’s 137, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
According to the CPCB, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.
