Student Pays INR 34000 for iPhone online, Gets paper
By Prempal Singh
Cyber police at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) on Thursday arrested a man from Kolkata for drawing off INR 34000 from a 20-year old college student who ordered an iPhone 6s on an advertisement website.
Sabhyasachi Mistry uploaded the false advertisement for the phone’s sale as it was priced twice the amount in a market in 2016.
But the victim Akshay Avsare received a parcel where it contained four papers cut in the shape of the cell phone in an iPhone box on April 18, 2016, four days after he made an online payment.
Mistry has deceived people posting the false advertisements, police said.
Police cracked the case 11 months later when they located down mistry to kestopur in Kolkata and arrested him in a week. Mistry got caught after police got in touch with the bank and got the details of fake account and place from where the money was withdrawn.
“SIM cards and Debit cards have been seized from mystery. He took various steps like he used many accounts to get money from victims.he places fake advertisements and trick people.
He used to inform the people to make the respective payment and transfer the amount online to get the product delivered” said a police officer.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com