Delhi: Man scans QR code sent by ‘kin of wife’, loses Rs 20,000

NEW DELHI: Tejender Chaturvedi recently received a call from a person claiming to be his wife’s relative. The man wanted to transfer Rs 20,000 of her share from the family income.
For a swift transfer, the man sent a QR code to Chaturvedi asking him to scan it and click on ‘OK’ in the options of an online wallet. Unsuspecting Chaturvedi followed the instructions, only to realise that he had lost Rs 20,000 from his account.
“An FIR was lodged and a team formed to investigate. What followed was a lengthy electronic surveillance comprising analysis of call detail record of suspect’s mobile and IMEI analysis. The details of the recipient account were collected and we followed the trail of money,” DCP (Southeast) RP Meena said.
The probe revealed that the money changed several hands online and had at the end reached a bank account in Alwar, Rajasthan. The account was opened in the name of Hasan Mohammad.
While Mohammad remained unreachable, the cops found that the siphoned money had been taken out through a Point of Sale (POS) device issued in the name of Aasaf Khan.
Khan (32) was arrested on January 20 and police recovered two smartphones, two card swipe machines, a rubber stamp, five chequebooks, three debit cards and cash of Rs 2.3 lakh from him.
During interrogation, it came to fore that Khan would allow the cards to be swiped by cyber crooks on his POS machine in lieu of 10% commission.
Efforts are on to track Mohammad who had allegedly called up the victim.