Bengaluru techie cheated of ₹1.3 lakh while trying to buy alcohol online

A Bengaluru-based software engineer was allegedly cheated of ₹1.27 lakh upon calling a liquor delivery outlet he found online. Asking for online payment, the fraudster asked Arjun Jagannathan to share OTPs thrice in a row by blaming technical issues and defrauded ₹78,742. He then asked Jagannathan to scan a Paytm QR code to get the amount back, further defrauding ₹49,001.