MUMBAI: It is not a

, but

remain active during the

, discovered yet another Mumbai resident, who called a number for a ‘

’. After a person recently lost Rs 50,000 in an online fraud, a

alleged they were, on March 24, defrauded of over Rs 1 lakh.

A 42-year-old filed a complaint with

on March 27 alleging how after her husband while making various purchases called a number which offered to do home delivery and shared her card details for the transaction, were cheated.

The call was to a wine shop, found online, said the man on condition of anonymity. Police, he said, assured that they would enquire into it.

“We want to make sure that the police investigate and others are safe as the mobile number is active even today,’’ said the complainant. The complaint alleges that he had found the cell number from an online service. The seller said the amount was Rs 3000 and sought a ‘one time password (OTP)’ which was provided, but the amount deducted was almost Rs 30000, as message received on the card holder’s phone revealed, police was informed. The buyer called the “shop’’ and was told it was ‘by mistake’’ and offered to refund it for which another OTP was sought and given. “Similarly six times the OTP was sought to return the money’’ and it was “provided’’ in the “honest belief’’ that the money would be returned, but each time money was withdrawn, totaling Rs 1.03 lakh. The couple then realized that they were being “cheated’’ and when he dialed the shop he was told the delivery cannot be done and the money would be returned. He was even told to buy with “another credit card.’’ The complaint said when they called the next day, the same person answered but gave a different name.

On March 26, the credit card company asked them to file an FIR. “The cyber crime cell told us that we could file our case with Tilak Nagar police,’’ hence it was done, the next day.