A 64-year-old man who oversees the real estate division of an engineering construction company lost Rs 3 lakh in one of the incidents while attempting to reserve a cab for his Sikkim visit. He entered his information into a travel website on September 14 after finding it on Google.

A cyber-fraudster called him on the phone, deceived him into giving over his bank information, and then moved Rs 3 lakh from his account. On October 10, a FIR was filed in this instance at the Santacruz police station.

The second incident occurred on October 10 and involved a 60-year-old tailor from Khar (West) who wanted to order some snacks. He found a phoney number when he searched Google for the city's Pali Hill neighborhood's Harsh bakery. He dialled the phone and ordered 540 rupees' worth of food. When the fraudster requested his credit card information, the complainant gave it to them.

The scammer created a transaction of Rs 540 using the information and requested the complainant's OTP to complete the transaction. The fraudster claimed he did not receive the OTP after the complainant supplied it with him and Rs 540 was taken out of his account. The fraudster then requested another OTP from him to complete a Rs. 10 transaction. When the complainant noticed this, he or she shared the OTP with the fraudster, who then created a third transaction for Rs 82,000 while claiming not to have received the money.

This time, the complainant shared the OTP without seeing the amount since she was in a rush, and the fraudster utilised it to transfer the money. The following day, a FIR was filed with the Khar police station.

Cybercriminals in Mumbai pretended to be Juben Wines personnel in the most recent two occurrences. A 29-year-old lady who runs a café wanted to order alcohol, so a buddy did a Google search and found several Juben Wines in Juhu.

The woman placed a 10,000 rupee alcohol purchase and paid in advance. However, the scammer claimed that she paid to a different branch and promised a refund. She needed to scan one of the three QR codes he supplied her in order to complete the transaction and collect her return. Without understanding what it was about, she followed the instructions, and Rs 88,000 was taken out of her account. A FIR was filed with the Khar police station on October 10.