Seecha followed the instructions given to her and entered her UPI pin along with the mobile number (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Key Highlights A 25-year-old student was allegedly duped of Rs 27,000 by unidentified persons in Mumbai The aggrieved has been identified as Seecha Vajpayee The accused allegedly used Seecha's UPI pin and mobile number to swindle the money

Mumbai: An IIT Mumbai student became the victim of online fraud after she contacted the customer care of an online food delivery platform. The call could not get connected but the 25-year-old received another call where the caller posed as a customer care executive. The caller asked her for her Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and duped her of Rs 27,000.

At around 8 pm on October 27, Seecha Vajpayee ordered a pizza from an online food delivery platform. The food was delivered to her IIT Powai quarters but Seecha was not happy with the quality of the pizza. To complain about the same, the 25-year-old student wrote a mail and sent it to the customer care of the online food delivery platform.

When there was no response to her complaint, Seecha searched for the customer care number on a search engine and called them. The call did not get connected but after a few moments, Seecha received another call. The caller told Seecha that he was the customer care executive of the online food delivery platform. The caller asked Seecha to fill a link with her personal details and promised her a refund.

Seecha followed the instructions given to her and entered her UPI pin along with the mobile number. Within seconds, three transactions were carried out from the student's account. When Seecha tried to contact the number again, the call could not get through as the number had been switched off.

A police officer familiar with the case explained the modus operandi and said, "The fraudster said he is sending a code on her payment site. He asked her to scan the code so that the refund process is initiated. The victim was unaware that the code sent to her was the pay request to get money debited from her account. "

On November 3, the police have registered a case under Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Section 66 (C) (identity theft) and 66 (D) (cheating by personation) of the Information Technology Act.