Tarun Karthick
Sri Vijaya Puram, 22 March 2025
A man from Sri Vijaya Puram has lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime Police after losing ₹41,744 to an online fraudster while attempting to book flight tickets.
According to the complaint, the victim was searching for air tickets from Sri Vijaya Puram to Kolkata and back on January 26, 2025, when he came across a website with the URL www.mydreamsholiday.com. Shortly after, he received a WhatsApp message from a business account, where the sender assured him of discounted tickets and requested a copy of his Aadhaar card.
Believing the transaction to be genuine, the victim shared the requested details. He soon received a ticket confirmation for the Sri Vijaya Puram-Kolkata sector via WhatsApp and was asked to make a payment of ₹23,580, which he transferred through UPI.
Following this, another ticket confirmation for the return sector from Kolkata to Sri Vijaya Puram was sent, and an additional payment of ₹18,164 was demanded, which the victim again transferred through UPI.
However, when the victim checked the PNR numbers on the official IndiGo website the next day, he discovered that both bookings had been canceled. Upon contacting the fraudster, he was initially assured that the issue was due to a technical glitch and would be resolved. But soon after, the individual stopped responding to calls and messages.
On January 10, 2025, the fraudster sent a message promising to initiate a refund, but no amount was returned. After multiple unsuccessful attempts to reach the individual, the victim reported the matter to the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal on February 6, 2025.