Man loses Rs 2.47 lakh in Secunderabad 'Courier Scam'

A 36-year-old man from Secunderabad lost Rs.2.47 lakh in a cyber fraud after receiving a fake SMS claiming to be from DTDC courier, police said on Tuesday.

According to officials, the victim received a message stating that a second delivery attempt of his parcel had failed. Since he was expecting his vehicle’s Registration Certificate (RC), he believed the message was genuine and



clicked on the link provided.

Immediately after clicking, the victim’s phone froze, and several OTP messages started appearing. 

Within minutes, he received alerts showing that Rs.2.47 lakh had been spent from his credit card. The man quickly locked his card using his banking app and contacted Kotak Bank’s helpline to block the card and lodge a complaint.